Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 13:06:44 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Michael Johnson <ahze@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports KNOBS Message-ID: <20051105130644.GR29387@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <200511050659.jA56xtml021798@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200511050659.jA56xtml021798@repoman.freebsd.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 06:59:55AM +0000, Michael Johnson wrote: > ahze 2005-11-05 06:59:55 UTC > > FreeBSD ports repository > > Added files: > . KNOBS > Log: > - Add KNOBS, this file has a list of popular knobs with a short > description of what the knob is and does. The intent is to > help porters keep like-name knobs through out the ports tree > and end-users have a single file they can look up knobs in. > > Limitations to KNOBS: In the future we plan to add support for OPTIONS > to support the KNOBS file, and so dialog(1) will be able to handle the > size of each knob knob-name's are limited to 12 characters and > knob-descriptions are limited to 45 characters, not including the > white space between the knob-name and knob-description. > > Naming knobs: When a port has a lib-prefix (ie: libquicktime, libxine) > the lib-prefix should be stripped from the knob name. > (ie: QUICKTIME, XINE) > > Based around: brain storm ideas from mezz and I > Approved by: portmgr > > Revision Changes Path > 1.1 +91 -0 ports/KNOBS (new) Am I the only person who couldn't stop sniggering when they read this? Ceri -- Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Einstein (attrib.) [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDbK5kocfcwTS3JF8RAnKdAJ0b5c15FgyyfmS/tuPwvi4jC7f5swCeP3a6 nB1st22cHwXDhuouU5u09+E= =aO4B -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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