Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 08:48:09 +0100 From: Jamie Paul Griffin <jamie@kode5.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CHANGE PROPOSAL] Moving WWW from pkg-descr to Makefile Message-ID: <20121007074808.GA7105@kontrol.kode5.net> In-Reply-To: <5070983A.8090901@FreeBSD.org> References: <20121005140534.GB61272@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <506F9275.3090106@FreeBSD.org> <506FDA99.9060907@FreeBSD.org> <5070983A.8090901@FreeBSD.org>
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[ Doug Barton wrote on Sat 6.Oct'12 at 13:44:42 -0700 ] > On 10/06/2012 00:15, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > Putting the WWW information into the port Makefile means that portindex > > only has to deal with about half as many files > > I have the same response to you and Baptiste. I get what you're saying, > but what we gain by putting it in the Makefile does not make up for what > we lose by reducing the value of 'cat pkg-descr'. As a general user, I've gotten into to the habit of using cat pkg-desc a lot, not that I wouldn't be happy to change that habit. That have been a number of changes that we, as regular users, have had to adapt to.
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