From owner-freebsd-ports Fri Jan 1 03:00:42 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA28202 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 03:00:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from localhost.nowhere (ppp18399.on.bellglobal.com [206.172.130.79]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA28195 for ; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 03:00:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vanderh@ecf.toronto.edu) Received: (from tim@localhost) by localhost.nowhere (8.9.1/8.9.1) id GAA10115; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 06:00:22 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from tim) Message-ID: <19990101060022.B9998@mad> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 06:00:22 -0500 From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Kris Kennaway , ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HOMEPAGE variable? References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Kris Kennaway on Fri, Jan 01, 1999 at 06:58:28PM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Jan 01, 1999 at 06:58:28PM +1030, Kris Kennaway wrote: > What do people think about adding a HOMEPAGE variable to ports makefiles? This > would allow for easier checking for updated versions, as well as related > information about packages you use. Currently there's no standardized way to ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > find this - often you can tell from the URL of the distfile, or a comment in > DESCR, but this isn't always the case. ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ Actually, that is standardized. I don't think HOMEPAGE is a bad idea, though (be warned: it's not entirely original...). -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message