Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 22:52:34 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon <sahil@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ccache 3.0 port Message-ID: <20100511025234.GB34736@magic.hamla.org> In-Reply-To: <201005110409.22796.avilla@freebsd.org> References: <AANLkTikD_SZBDIywPMkl1GI-WoycERMyjdjfnkwE1r7z@mail.gmail.com> <20100511013700.GA34279@magic.hamla.org> <201005110409.22796.avilla@freebsd.org>
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On Tue, 11 May 2010, Alberto Villa wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 May 2010 03:37:01 Sahil Tandon wrote:
> > Regarding portlint's FATAL output, please review Package Naming
> > Conventions in the Handbook. Specifically, "If the software version has
> > strings like ``alpha'', ``beta'', ``rc'', or ``pre'', take the first
> > letter and put it immediately after a period." So you could try
> > sometihng like:
> >
> > PORTVERSION= 3.0.p1
> > DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:S/.p/pre/}
>
> DISTVERSION= 3.0pre1
> is shorter and cleaner
I appreciate the brevity, but this requires adjustment with every
PORTVERSION change. I prefer a solution that requires one less (albeit
simple) manual step; perhaps some sed-fu in DISTVERSION if the DISTNAME
example is aesthetically unpalatable. TMTOWTDI. :-)
--
Sahil Tandon <sahil@FreeBSD.org>
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