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Date:      Sat, 06 Oct 2012 14:18:16 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-ports-head@FreeBSD.org, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>, svn-ports-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r305288 - head/Mk
Message-ID:  <5070A018.9010302@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20121006080539.GB30675@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
References:  <201210042257.q94MvjeY039394@svn.freebsd.org> <20121005202842.GA64496@FreeBSD.org> <20121006080539.GB30675@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>

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On 10/06/2012 01:05, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 08:28:42PM +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 10:57:45PM +0000, Doug Barton wrote:
>>> New Revision: 305288
>>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/305288
>>>
>>> Log:
>>>   Remove the word 'support' from most places that it occurs, since it is
>>>   not only redundant and repetitive, it makes the descriptions of some
>>>   options too long for RELENG_8. Removing it does not make the meaning of
>>>   the option description less clear.
>>
>> Yes it did.  I would prefer this commit to be backed out.  Before
>> descriptions were readable and user friendly, now they are overly concise
>> and could be confuring to non-hacker (read: normal users).
>>
>> ./danfe
> 
> I do agree with danfe here

If you actually look at them in an options dialog they make just as much
sense with or without the word "support."

Meanwhile, whatever changes you propose have to take into account the
options for ports like www/firefox on stable/8. Before my fix they were
utterly broken (as in, the dialog was totally blank). Now they work just
fine.

Doug

-- 

    I am only one, but I am one.  I cannot do everything, but I can do
    something.  And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what
    I can do.
			-- Edward Everett Hale, (1822 - 1909)



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