Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 14:55:17 +0900 From: Alexander Nedotsukov <bland@bbnest.net> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>, Michael Johnson <ahze@ahze.net>, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports KNOBS Message-ID: <436D9AC5.8040103@bbnest.net> In-Reply-To: <20051105195607.GS29387@submonkey.net> References: <200511050659.jA56xtml021798@repoman.freebsd.org> <20051105130644.GR29387@submonkey.net> <FA4E3543-8385-431F-9779-4D694C671577@ahze.net> <20051105195607.GS29387@submonkey.net>
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Ceri Davies wrote: > On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 12:01:16PM -0500, Michael Johnson wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> >> On Nov 5, 2005, at 8:06 AM, Ceri Davies wrote: >> >> >>> 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? >>> >> Just wonder why this is funny? I don't see what it is. >> > > Oh, it's the word "knob", that's all. It's an extremely juvenile slang > term for the penis here in .uk, but that didn't stop me giggling at a > mail full of knobs. > Imagine how .au guys feels about receiving mail from Charlie *Root* every day? ;-) > Ceri >
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