Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 16:52:34 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: fbsd_user <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, ale@freebsd.org, Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> Subject: RE: All php ports maintained by Ale missing long descriptions Message-ID: <20060115165040.P28752@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGAEJEHLAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGAEJEHLAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
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On Sun, 15 Jan 2006, fbsd_user wrote: > > > On Sunday 15 January 2006 18:42, fbsd_user wrote: >> The answer to your smart ass question is YES. >> That long description field is there for a purpose. >> Loading it with bull shit does not make the port collection any > more >> easy to use. >> It is not the readers job to guess what the port does. >> So if you don't have any value to add to this post please keep > your >> silly thoughts to your self. >> You only make your self look like a fool and waste peoples time. > > First, you didn't need to send this to -ports. > Then, you could have been a bit more polite. > Finally, as a long time FreeBSD user and smart person, you > could have used the usual way to report such a problem > using send-pr or its web front-end. > > -- > Florent Thoumie > flz@FreeBSD.org > FreeBSD Committer > > *********************************** > > oh yea chastise me instead of Marc G. Fournier who was the rude > person. You don't consider: > How is your stupid standard meaningless php long description helping users > determine what the port does??? > I don't remember the php ports being this way in the past? > This makes all the php ports useless. This needs fixing. being 'rude and utterly useless'? All I did was point out that the php* ports weren't as unintuitive as you put them out to be ... sorry if I hate you with your flame-retardant suit at the cleaners, but you shouldn't have posted obvious flame-bait before getting it back ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
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