Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 21:18:03 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11-wm Makefile ports/x11-wm/badwm Makefile distinfo pkg-descr Message-ID: <20031024041803.GA87395@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20031024000805.N58361@blues.jpj.net> References: <200310240219.h9O2JIYr011461@repoman.freebsd.org> <20031024023423.GA86663@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20031023231154.C58361@blues.jpj.net> <20031024031722.GA86950@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20031024000805.N58361@blues.jpj.net>
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--7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 12:09:34AM -0400, Trevor Johnson wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: >=20 > > It's traditional to include a summary of the function of the port, > > e.g. by including or excerpting pkg-descr. See any other port's CVS > > history (Makefile r1.1) for an example. >=20 > Oh, thanks for the suggestion. I often do that but just didn't see the > need here. I figure most people can tell that ports/x11-wm/badwm is a > window manager for X11. :-) Right, but the need for commit messages is so that people can tell by looking at the commit mail whether it's an interesting port with something new or different to add, or just another random window manager that has nothing to differentiate it from the other 25987 window managers already in ports. Kris --7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/mKf7Wry0BWjoQKURAmGfAKDzTLFoNny6mHlh2BW9erzoGx8+vgCdEPcM 29NtUvyuA/cIbsEMlRrUPQs= =5Zx+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z--
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