Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:11:15 -0500 From: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org> To: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MAINTAINER lines and Real Names Message-ID: <504FA8F3.4040501@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CADLo83925NLoD_-hAvUp7V8o6CAhqRQPcC_qrY3hEtEJc%2B%2B_fQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADLo83925NLoD_-hAvUp7V8o6CAhqRQPcC_qrY3hEtEJc%2B%2B_fQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 9/11/2012 3:59 PM, Chris Rees wrote: > Hi all, > > Ever since I peeked at OpenBSD's ports [1] to see how they handle > headers, I've noticed something else nice that they do. > > Instead of the plain, boring who-the-hell-is-this MAINTAINER line that we have; > > MAINTAINER=crees@FreeBSD.org > > they have the much more pleasant and personal style; > > MAINTAINER=Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org> I like this! > > How would people feel about supporting that in our ports tree? I have > prepared a patch that keeps the old behaviour for "make maintainer", > and while I did it I couldn't help but notice that the code for make > readmes actually supports such a style. > > http://www.bayofrum.net/~crees/patches/bsd-port-mk-maintainer-not-just-email.diff > > As well as being nice to see, it would also mean that addport could > use the data in the MAINTAINER line to get real names back into > Submitted by: commit logs (currently it only has maintainer email). > > As a nice extra, it would also on the surface support multiple > maintainers.... and make maintainer would still only return the first > match. This would definitely be a huge plus. > > Chris > > [1] http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/shells/bash/Makefile?rev=1.73 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Bryan Drewery bdrewery@freenode/EFNet
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