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Date:      Tue, 11 May 2010 10:31:46 -0400
From:      Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>
To:        "freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: ccache 3.0 port
Message-ID:  <E5D56C84-F58E-4C01-AE4C-90A100945947@tandon.net>
In-Reply-To: <20100511025234.GB34736@magic.hamla.org>
References:  <AANLkTikD_SZBDIywPMkl1GI-WoycERMyjdjfnkwE1r7z@mail.gmail.com> <20100511013700.GA34279@magic.hamla.org> <201005110409.22796.avilla@freebsd.org> <20100511025234.GB34736@magic.hamla.org>

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On May 10, 2010, at 10:52 PM, Sahil Tandon <sahil@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> 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. :-)

Actually, after thinking about this some more, avilla@'s DISTVERSION  
tweak is more elegant and gives us the same end result with less  
fiddling.  Stick with that and sorry for the noise!

--
Sahil Tandon




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