From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 27 20:17:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA3C816A47C; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:17:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from itetcu@FreeBSD.org) Received: from it.buh.tecnik93.com (it.buh.tecnik93.com [81.196.204.98]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6887643D62; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:17:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from itetcu@FreeBSD.org) Received: from it.buh.tecnik93.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by it.buh.tecnik93.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C88D1711C; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:17:17 +0300 (EEST) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:16:46 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai "IOnut" Tetcu To: "Andrew Pantyukhin" Message-ID: <20061027231646.5b07bd8f@it.buh.tecnik93.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.5.2 (GTK+ 2.10.6; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Sig_2Njg12w53vR.1aE0XIdYcP2; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Christopher Boumenot Subject: Re: port_history - track port commit message comments X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:17:22 -0000 --Sig_2Njg12w53vR.1aE0XIdYcP2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:26:54 +0400 "Andrew Pantyukhin" wrote: > On 10/27/06, Christopher Boumenot wrote: > > Every time I upgrade a port I am usually left wondering what > > changed. >=20 > Some other projects maintain special package-specific > ChangeLog files. Maybe VCS logs is not the best place > for documentation, because it's not as easily accessible > as a flat file would be. >=20 > Moreover, I think porters don't document the hacks they > have to employ - just because there's nowhere to do that. You all might want to take a look at what I do in mail/dspam[-devel]/[Makefile|files/UPDATING] --=20 IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" "Intellectual Property" is nowhere near as valuable as "Intellect" It [being a Vulcan] means to adopt a philosophy, a way of life which is logical and beneficial. We cannot disregard that philosophy merely for personal gain, no matter how important that gain might -- Spock, "Journey to Babel", stardate 3842.4 --Sig_2Njg12w53vR.1aE0XIdYcP2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFQmlLBX6fi0k6KXsRAkQZAKCyATxy3ildkMJkEriQrzBfTn4+aQCg0ZlH fPEHi4Zq2o3Mg2AhT+85vnw= =soEg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_2Njg12w53vR.1aE0XIdYcP2--