Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 07:19:51 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 273341] Porter's handbook: a meta port should describe itself as such Message-ID: <bug-273341-9-zxhc50tQ0J@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-273341-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-273341-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D273341 Fernando Apestegu=C3=ADa <fernape@FreeBSD.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|New |Open CC| |fernape@FreeBSD.org --- Comment #1 from Fernando Apestegu=C3=ADa <fernape@FreeBSD.org> --- (In reply to Graham Perrin =E2=97=90 from comment #0) >>From experience, and from e.g. <https://www.freshports.org>; >/search.php?stype=3Dshortdescription&method=3Dmatch&query=3Dmeta&num=3D500& >orderby=3Dport&orderbyupdown=3Dasc&search=3DSearch&format=3Dhtml&minimal= =3D1& >branch=3Dhead>, I assume that it's good practice for a meta port to descri= be >itself as such in:=20 I don't think that query is right. The very first result shows a port that contains *meta*data. What you want to do is probably: https://www.freshports.org/search.php?stype=3Dmakefile&method=3Dmatch&query= =3Dmetaport&num=3D500&orderby=3Dport&orderbyupdown=3Dasc&search=3DSearch&fo= rmat=3Dhtml&minimal=3D1&branch=3Dhead Where you search for "metaport" in the Makefile, since metaports should USES=3Dmetaport as described in the handbook=20 https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/book/#uses-metaport https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/book/#staging "Metaports should use USES=3Dmetaport. It sets up defaults for ports that d= o not fetch, build, or install anything." IMHO, saying that a port is a metaport *in the description* shows the user = an internal detail he/she should not need at all. I rather have descriptions l= ike "The GNOME desktop environment" than what we have now ("Metaport for the GN= OME integrated X11 desktop"). >From the point of view of the user, is just a normal port. Also note the inconsistency in the descriptions: "meta-port", "meta port", "meta package"... --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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