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. -- Andreas Klemm | klemm.gtn.com - powered by Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/benches.html
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