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To: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@ark.cris.net>
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Subject: Re: <port> replacement 
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Comments: In-reply-to Alexey Zelkin <phantom@ark.cris.net>
   message dated "Thu, 14 Feb 2002 12:48:06 +0200."
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If memory serves me right, Alexey Zelkin wrote:

> > >     We can always make these entities, something like
> > >
> > >         &pkg.net.cvsup;
> > 
> > Deadly. If we did it this way, would'nt we have to add new entities every
> > time we get a new port? Even though it's easier than using the <filename>
> > tag, I think that it would be a hassle to keep up to date with all the new
> > ports.
> 
> I think having entities is a best solution since it will allow us
> to spend less efforts to maintain adding/removal/changes in ports
> collection (just comment out entity and pass 'make lint' thru
> doc/ tree to find all occurences. find and grep are more expensive)

Just what we need...another 6000 entities.  :-p

(find and grep are more expensive than make lint?!?)

Before we bikeshed this whole thing to death, can we at least get rid
of the <port> tag first, as there's essentially no argument on this
point?

Cheers,

Bruce.


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