From owner-svn-ports-all@freebsd.org Tue Nov 28 17:20:15 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-ports-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2278DDE7A79; Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:20:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@langille.org) Received: from clavin2.langille.org (clavin2.langille.org [199.233.228.197]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "clavin.langille.org", Issuer "BSD Cabal Headquarters" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F10BD6F636; Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:20:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@langille.org) Received: from (clavin2.int.langille.org (clavin2.int.unixathome.org [10.4.7.7]) (Authenticated sender: hidden) with ESMTPSA id 848208E8E ; Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:10:58 +0000 (UTC) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.1 \(3445.4.7\)) Subject: Re: svn commit: r455056 - head/devel/py-naiveBayesClassifier From: Dan Langille In-Reply-To: <20171128164006.GC43542@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 12:11:12 -0500 Cc: Adam Weinberger , Dan Langille , ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <5226ACC6-61BE-4DAE-8D9A-46EE19EC3D83@langille.org> References: <201711281612.vASGCWJI056613@repo.freebsd.org> <20171128161915.GB43542@FreeBSD.org> <028241A0-ED33-4BF2-BC3F-F723B00072EB@adamw.org> <20171128164006.GC43542@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.4.7) X-BeenThere: svn-ports-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 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: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:20:15 -0000 > On Nov 28, 2017, at 11:40 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev = wrote: >=20 > On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 09:26:55AM -0700, Adam Weinberger wrote: >>> On 28 Nov, 2017, at 9:19, Alexey Dokuchaev = wrote: >>> On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 04:12:32PM +0000, Dan Langille wrote: >>>> [...] >>>> +COMMENT=3D Yet another general purpose naive bayesian = classifier >>>> [...] >>>> +++ head/devel/py-naiveBayesClassifier/pkg-descr >>>> @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ >>>> +yet another general purpose Naive Bayesian classifier. >>>> +(under heavy development) >>>=20 >>> Inconsistent capitalization in COMMENT vs. pkg-descr; also, = typically >>> port description text should contain a little more information about >>> the port (see section 3.2.1 of the PHB for some hints). >>=20 >> This is something that we have really regressed on lately. Our = pkg-descrs >> are becoming very terse, often simply repeating the COMMENT. Someone, = I >> forget who, recently added a bunch of ports without even listing WWW. = We >> have many ports broken into sections or variants where they all share = the >> same descr, so now I have no idea which one I actually want to = install. >=20 > Big +1, I appreciate the support Adam. >=20 >> Folks, the descr is our catalogue; it's the first place that = end-users >> learn about ports and decide which one they're looking for. Take the = 2 >> minutes to write a meaningful description, [...] >=20 > Exactly. I can give an advice: if upstream lacks elaborate = description, > and you're having difficulty coming up with one of your own, take a = look > at some GNU/Linux distros that provide the same (or similar) package. > I recall adding `sysutils/radeontop' and not being happy with = pkg-descr > (in r436717) until I found better description in Linux Mint package, = cf. > r436868. HTH, Nice idea. I went looking for this port elsewhere but failed to find it = elsewhere. I tried searching for links to the sourcecode, failed on that search = too. Instead, I found some descriptions Naive Bayes Classifier and used = those. --=20 Dan Langille - BSDCan / PGCon dan@langille.org