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Date:      Mon, 15 Nov 2021 08:50:36 +1100 (EST)
From:      Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org>
To:        FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Adding functionality to a port
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.2111150844250.6467@aneurin.horsfall.org>
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On Sun, 14 Nov 2021, George Mitchell wrote:

> Perhaps I'm naïve, but to me the Principle of Least Amazement really 
> does completely cover the issues being raised here.  Is it necessary to 
> complicate the situation any more than that?  -- George

First time I've heard POLA called that; I knew it as "... astonishment" 
some decades ago (by Dr. John Lions; for all I know he could've coined 
it).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishment

-- Dave
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