From owner-svn-ports-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 29 15:53:25 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-ports-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 768A2C1F; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:53:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ehaupt@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mx.critical.ch (cl-8.zrh-02.ch.sixxs.net [IPv6:2001:1620:f00:7::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBD578FC18; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:53:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wiggles.bwns.ch (snow.ethz.ch [129.132.80.16]) (authenticated bits=0) by mx.critical.ch (8.14.4/8.14.4/critical-1.0) with ESMTP id qATFrNiK066586; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:53:24 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ehaupt@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:53:23 +0100 From: Emanuel Haupt To: Alexey Dokuchaev Subject: Re: svn commit: r307951 - head/sysutils/sleuthkit Message-Id: <20121129165323.ac3b2ec8aa6bf736490ff8aa@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20121129152214.GA54704@FreeBSD.org> References: <201211290020.qAT0Kecl058401@svn.freebsd.org> <20121129020924.GC11624@FreeBSD.org> <20121129034450.f0d1802f0dd0c5c2396d1ebd@FreeBSD.org> <20121129032332.GA17732@FreeBSD.org> <20121129130147.c5fcd6296c6bd967ca0745e4@FreeBSD.org> <20121129152214.GA54704@FreeBSD.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.3.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-ports-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-ports-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: svn-ports-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:53:25 -0000 Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 01:01:47PM +0100, Emanuel Haupt wrote: > > Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > > 76 in some case if formatting looks better (more even at the right > > > edge), previous version complied to this as well. Now 'Mac' in > > > the line 7 touches the screen edge; the whole right edge is > > > uneven. You still thing it looks better, seriously? > > > > To me yes. The terminals xterm, rxvt, aterm, eterm all have a 80 > > character width: > > Yes, my point is that with 80-char width xterm, wrapping should be > done 2-4 chars earlier. It gives clear indication of a line break > (vs. automatic wrapping that went unnoticed), 2-4 char buffer allows > to tweak the text to make the right margin less ragged and eye > appealing, and reduces the chance of reformatting when small > (typically one-character) adjustment must be done in that line. In > your case, line that touches right boundary (i.e. 80 char line) is > vulnerable to all these bugs. > > > > Correct, because justified spacing normally does look ugly with > > > monospaced fonts. Double spacing (at the sentence breaks), on the > > > contrary, makes it look better. Please reconsider. I put a lot > > > of > > > > Again: "your opinion" > > No, this is more that just that. You might want to google for some > researches that had been carried out over the times WRT this issue. > Wikipedia [1] should give you a good start: > > ``It was felt that with the monospaced font used by a typewriter, > "a single word space ... was not wide enough to create a sufficient > space between sentences" and that extra space might help signal the > end of a sentence, rather than use of a mid-sentence abbreviation.'' > > It still applies to us since we're all are using monospaced fonts in > our terminals. > > > > thought into our port descriptions and it's really sad to see my > > > work destroyed. > > > > FreeBSD is a large project with > 400 committers and many more > > highly motivated active contributors. I would suggest you get > > familiar with the concept of people having different opinions. > > Accusing others of not caring or destroying "your work" (really? > > please...) is just ridiculous. > > I merely said I've put a lot of work into port description, > particularly this one. I've tried to back up my views with > reasonable, verifiable (and arguable) facts and references, getting > only Lebowski quotes back from you, yet I'm being told to get my act > together about collaborative work. I'm really sorry to hear that > from you Emanuel. > > ./danfe > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_spacing Please let's take this off list. Emanuel