From owner-cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 6 05:55:28 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7199A16A41F; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 05:55:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bland@bbnest.net) Received: from mvs2.plala.or.jp (c158130.vh.plala.or.jp [210.150.158.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62E5343D45; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 05:55:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bland@bbnest.net) Received: from hub.bbnest.net ([220.220.221.240]) by mvs2.plala.or.jp with ESMTP id <20051106055525.FPAK20697.mvs2.plala.or.jp@hub.bbnest.net>; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 14:55:25 +0900 Received: from [10.0.1.2] (egg.bbnest.net [10.0.1.2]) by hub.bbnest.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jA65tJHK009426 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 6 Nov 2005 14:55:24 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from bland@bbnest.net) Message-ID: <436D9AC5.8040103@bbnest.net> Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 14:55:17 +0900 From: Alexander Nedotsukov User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.4.1 (Windows/20051006) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ceri Davies , Michael Johnson , cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org References: <200511050659.jA56xtml021798@repoman.freebsd.org> <20051105130644.GR29387@submonkey.net> <20051105195607.GS29387@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20051105195607.GS29387@submonkey.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports KNOBS X-BeenThere: cvs-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the ports tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 05:55:28 -0000 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 >