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Date:      Mon, 17 Jan 2000 18:15:44 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
To:        asami@FreeBSD.org (Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami)
Cc:        phantom@cris.net (Alexey Zelkin), green@FreeBSD.org (Brian Feldman), cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/security/openssh Makefile
Message-ID:  <200001180215.SAA46853@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
In-Reply-To: <vqcpuv08hfy.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> from Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami at "Jan 17, 2000 02:24:49 pm"

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>  * From: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@cris.net>
> 
>  * Why not ? We already have such precedents in source and doc trees. Why
>  * not apply it to ports also ?
> 
> MAINTAINER lines in the source and doc tree are just comments, so you
> can write whatever you want.  The ones in the ports tree are actually
> used, and could break some scripts if you stray from the norm. :)

The RHS (Right Hand Side) of MAINTANER should just be an email address token
as processed by all other email programs.   All other email programs take
a list.  Fix the broken script, not the developer :-),

-- 
Rod Grimes - KD7CAX @ CN85sl - (RWG25)               rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net


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