Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 12:22:24 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.org> To: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@unixhelp.org> Cc: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>, Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en/handbook/ports chapter.sgml Message-ID: <19990621122224.S63035@bitbox.follo.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906201959290.30045-100000@janus.syracuse.net>; from Brian F. Feldman on Sun, Jun 20, 1999 at 08:03:45PM -0400 References: <199906210011.KAA07097@cimlogic.com.au> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906201959290.30045-100000@janus.syracuse.net>
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On Sun, Jun 20, 1999 at 08:03:45PM -0400, Brian F. Feldman wrote: > On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, John Birrell wrote: > > As a developer, I would never have thought to look in the ports section > > of the handbook for this sort of information. IMHO, the ports section > > is for use more often by people creating ports from other people's > > code. We need to document things in a way that suits the "other > > people" too. > > But __FreeBSD_version is mainly for the ports system anyway! Disagree. __FreeBSD_version is mainly so any developer that maintain something outside the FreeBSD tree can be able to make it work with most versions of FreeBSD. In a way, it is a testimony to our ineptness at creating and maintaining good APIs. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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