Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:39:35 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Subhro Kar <subhro.kar@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Incorrect expression of idea Message-ID: <87ab8kh6aw.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <C60235A7-54E6-4E38-B764-AC153ED01522@gmail.com> (Subhro Kar's message of "Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:23:15 %2B0530") References: <C60235A7-54E6-4E38-B764-AC153ED01522@gmail.com>
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On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:23:15 +0530, Subhro Kar <subhro.kar@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Relevant Page: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/policies-contributed.html > Relevant Section: 5.2.1 > > Current Text: > > src/contrib/file contains the source as distributed by the maintainers > of this package. Parts that are entirely not applicable for FreeBSD can > be removed. > > Suggested Modification: > > src/contrib/file contains the source as distributed by the maintainers > of this package. Parts that are entirely not applicable for FreeBSD are > removed. > > Justification: > > In the existing source tree, the files referred to as candidates for > removal are already removed and absent. The change is really minor, but we do not usually *require* that the files are removed. It is merely a 'good practice' that a lot of maintainers follow.
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