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Date:      Sat, 31 May 1997 00:38:53 +0200
From:      Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>
To:        Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: want to discuss three new variables in the ports collection
Message-ID:  <19970531003853.34952@klemm.gtn.com>
In-Reply-To: <199705302201.PAA25743@vader.cs.berkeley.edu>; from Satoshi Asami on Fri, May 30, 1997 at 03:01:28PM -0700
References:  <19970529120325.08347@klemm.gtn.com> <199705302201.PAA25743@vader.cs.berkeley.edu>

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On Fri, May 30, 1997 at 03:01:28PM -0700, Satoshi Asami wrote:
>  * Hi !
> 
> Hi!  (BTW, I'm not "satoshi@freebsd.org". :)

Was a ,quick shot' ;-)

>  * What would you think about introducing three new variables
>  * into the ports mechanism ?! HOMEPAGE, AUTHOR and 
>  * MAILINGLIST ?!
> 
> Others have already commented on this, so I'll keep it short.  I would 
> not like to have a mailing address of the author in a port/package.
> The last thing we would like to have is novice FreeBSD users blindly
> spewing questions in the original author's direction without even
> checking the docs that come with the package.  (We don't want to look
> like aol or webtv, do we? :)

Ok.

> However, I think having the homepage (which is more of a documentation
> than an easy help address) readily available is a good idea.  So I
> would like to recommend porters to put it in DESCR or MESSAGE.

Ok, DESCR or MESSAGE would be fine.

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