Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 19:38:18 +0200 From: Alberto Villa <avilla@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r303449 - head/Mk Message-ID: <CAJp7RHYFan9kVtPHdLKKowOMkCf7cXdq7HFQMD4=VZC7uxgi-g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120902171159.GB10884@FreeBSD.org> References: <201208312252.q7VMqj07007701@svn.freebsd.org> <20120901040818.GA37499@FreeBSD.org> <CAJp7RHb_FJB6QgjODYp02NbCubc5Gu1R0poNVi-aJzfA7wAHaQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120902171159.GB10884@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> wrote: > Good question. I was hesitating about these two entries myself (whether to > add parenthesis or not). Eventually I decided that "Zeroconf support" is > important feature enough to be outlined on its own, thus embracing actual > implementation. Similar logic I used to reword CD ripping support (I went > even further with those three entries and dropped the "via" word as it > seemed to make the phrases too heavy -- again, I understand that this is > arguable). > > That said, it both cases that was my humble judgment based on how resulting > descriptions sound to my ear, esp. in combinations with other OPTIONs (I > studies a few hand-crafted examples before my commit). I do not feel > particularly strongly about it though; if folks think that all "via ..." > parts should be treated equally, I would not object dropping emphasizing > parenthesis. Sounds good enough to me. I think that, as long as we manage to keep descriptions consistent, some small variations are acceptable. I think that a draft policy should be written, though, otherwise this whole effort can turn into a real mess. -- Alberto Villa, FreeBSD committer <avilla@FreeBSD.org> http://people.FreeBSD.org/~avilla
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