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Date:      Fri, 30 May 1997 01:26:57 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Tim Vanderhoek <tim@X2296>
To:        Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>
Cc:        satoshi@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: want to discuss three new variables in the ports collection
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970530012454.172A-100000@X2296>
In-Reply-To: <19970529120325.08347@klemm.gtn.com>

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On Thu, 29 May 1997, Andreas Klemm wrote:

> What would you think about introducing three new variables
> into the ports mechanism ?! HOMEPAGE, AUTHOR and 
> MAILINGLIST ?!

How about a single one, INFORMATION, which would be a url,
either

http://www.homepage.org
mailto:list@lister.org
mailto:author@house.ind

Since, of course, if it has a homepage, any mailinglist or
author is probably shown there.  If it has a mailing-list,
it probably has multiple authors.


--
tIM...HOEk
optimization: The theory that making your code incomprehensible by using
              only one-letter variable names will make it run faster.




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