From owner-svn-ports-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 10 14:35:13 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-ports-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 53D33B33; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:35:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from apnoea.adamw.org (apnoea.adamw.org [204.109.59.150]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 25E80FC9; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:35:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nhhview21.nhh.local (unknown [69.42.186.98]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by apnoea.adamw.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 187D911FEA0; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:34:59 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: <20140310141659.GG11135@gahrfit.gahr.ch> References: <201402260657.s1Q6vEsH059562@svn.freebsd.org> <20140226123420.f5c0d0ff40b404a70334da4b@FreeBSD.org> <20140310072423.GC11693@FreeBSD.org> <3D82157DD87FC9C0C7724278@ogg.in.absolight.net> <20140310141659.GG11135@gahrfit.gahr.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: svn commit: r346114 - head/devel/p4.el From: Adam Weinberger Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:35:02 -0400 To: gahr@FreeBSD.org, Pietro Cerutti , Mathieu Arnold Message-ID: <9dbbe833-81b9-459f-9c8a-383c61421472@email.android.com> Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, Alexey Dokuchaev , svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, Emanuel Haupt , ports-committers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: svn-ports-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the ports tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:35:13 -0000 On March 10, 2014 10:16:59 AM EDT, Pietro Cerutti wrote: >On 2014-Mar-10, 14:38, Mathieu Arnold wrote: >> +--On 10 mars 2014 08:32:52 -0400 Adam Weinberger >wrote: >> | On 2014/03/10 03:24, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: >> |> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 12:34:20PM +0100, Emanuel Haupt wrote: >> |>> Mathieu Arnold wrote: >> |>> > Taking one amongst many, the current practice is to mute the >MKDIR >> |>> > and not mute commands that install files. Would you mind >respecting >> |>> > that in the future ? >> |> >> |>> This is just a matter of opinion. I've always preferred to see >what is >> |>> being installed or what direcories are being created. Even the >example >> |>> in the PHB doesn't mute the mkdir. Unless this gets correcte in >the >> |>> PHB >> |>> I won't change this. >> | >> | Alexey - >> | >> | You make this request every few days, it seems, and the response is >> | always the same: it's not in the PHB. >> | >> | You should put it there. It SHOULD be policy. We should strive for >> | consistency across ports. The ports tree should present a unified >> | experience for all ports, for all users. >> >> Yes, sorry, it's not in the PHB yet, I'm at section 6.7 at the >momment, and >> I'm updating things as I go. >> >> (And yes, if you're applying old policies from chapters 1 to 5, you >should >> go and have a look, things may have changed.) > >ports-policy-change-announce@ comes to mind :) Has anybody else ever >felt >the desire to get notified whenever a policy is updated? Just to avoid >having to skim through commit logs. That was sortof the idea behind ports-announce... A place to be notified when there are changes that people need to know about, without all the noise of the unwashed masses asking for help. It'd be nice to see it used like this more. # Adam -- Adam Weinberger adamw@adamw.org http://www.adamw.org