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Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org>,
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/converters/p5-String-Multibyte Makefile
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Doug Barton wrote:
>>> In at least one case (the port above) the pkg-descr file was not 
>>> updated to
>>> reflect this change. Is this something that would be useful to do?
>>
>> I believe the 'signature' in pkg-descr has the same semantics as the 
>> 'Whom:' line in Makefile, indicating the initial creator of the port. 
>> As least that is how I read porters-handbook.
>
> I read "your name" in 3.2.1 as meaning "the name of the person who 
> maintains the port." The creator's name is memorialized in the comment 
> section of the Makefile, I don't see how duplicating that information in 
> pkg-descr would be useful.

I see you point; however, the exact same reasoning can also be applied 
to the maintainer name in the Makefile.

So in either case, it seems the 'signature' in pkg-descr is redundant. 
Either it reflects the creator's name, duplicating the comment section, 
or it reflects the maintainer, duplicating the MAINTAINER= line.

I wonder what the rationale for the 'recommendation' in 3.2.1 was? Anyone?

/Lars