From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 5 15:15:51 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E647B106564A; Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:15:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shaun@FreeBSD.org) Received: from alpha.inerd.com (alpha.inerd.com [204.109.56.118]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAA908FC0A; Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:15:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from charon.picobyte.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by alpha.inerd.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A388147CD7; Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:15:45 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 16:15:44 +0100 From: Shaun Amott To: Baptiste Daroussin Message-ID: <20121005151544.GA9938@charon.picobyte.net> References: <20121005140534.GB61272@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121005140534.GB61272@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (FreeBSD i386) Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [CHANGE PROPOSAL] Moving WWW from pkg-descr to Makefile 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, 05 Oct 2012 15:15:52 -0000 On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 04:05:35PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > I want to propose and make the actual move of the WWW information from the > pkg-descr to the Makefile itself via a WWW variable. > > doing this will have multiple benefits: > * consistency all metadata bug this one are in Makefile > * speedup make describe avoiding using grep to get the informations (make > describe itself does not need speed but make index heavily use it and this > will definitly benefit from speed up) > * Third party tool will be able to probe the information more easily. > > Do anyone have any concern about this? A good idea in principle, but I think we need to take care to ensure that the information is easily discoverable by end users. There's a risk that burying the URLs in Makefiles might make them less accessible. -- Shaun Amott // PGP: 0x6B387A9A "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." - Ralph Waldo Emerson