From nobody Sun Nov 14 21:50:36 2021 X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48327185F80D for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 21:50:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from nsstlmta19p.bpe.bigpond.com (nsstlmta19p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "", Issuer "Openwave Messaging Inc." (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4HsmGc3rxpz4pyq for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 21:50:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.24.4]) by nsstlfep19p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20211114215037.BKAF6690.nsstlfep19p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 08:50:37 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvuddrvdejgdduheefucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuuffpveftpgfvgffnuffvtfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucegtddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenucfjughrpeffhffvufgjkfhffgggtgesmhdttdertderjeenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpefhieefgeejheejtdetvdekkeekfeffheektdeggfegjefgueegfeelleeggeeiudenucffohhmrghinhepfihikhhiphgvughirgdrohhrghenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepuggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdprhgtphhtthhopehfrhgvvggsshguqdhpohhrthhssehfrhgvvggsshgurdhorhhg X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.716.02) id 611C6CEC120CE494 for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 08:50:37 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 1AELoaBb030459 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 08:50:36 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 1AELoagq030456 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 08:50:36 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 08:50:36 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: FreeBSD Ports Subject: Re: Adding functionality to a port In-Reply-To: <34fd4a6a-87a7-b1a5-385b-5c1dab767560@m5p.com> Message-ID: References: <4ca51765-b556-3f12-5809-5aadbf6dccca@ohreally.nl> <480b44f5-0674-e645-8413-a1a368cfc393@ohreally.nl> <34fd4a6a-87a7-b1a5-385b-5c1dab767560@m5p.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-ports List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="1483753691-51442078-1636926636=:6467" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4HsmGc3rxpz4pyq X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --1483753691-51442078-1636926636=:6467 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT 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 --1483753691-51442078-1636926636=:6467--