From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 5 15:32:23 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 E15161065670; Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:32:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bapt@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C55598FC18; Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:32:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q95FWNuT070374; Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:32:23 GMT (envelope-from bapt@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from bapt@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q95FWNwN070373; Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:32:23 GMT (envelope-from bapt@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: bapt set sender to bapt@FreeBSD.org using -f Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 17:32:21 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin To: Shaun Amott Message-ID: <20121005153221.GE61272@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <20121005140534.GB61272@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <20121005151544.GA9938@charon.picobyte.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="FN+gV9K+162wdwwF" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121005151544.GA9938@charon.picobyte.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) 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 15:32:24 -0000 --FN+gV9K+162wdwwF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 04:15:44PM +0100, Shaun Amott wrote: > 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. > >=20 > > 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 (m= ake > > describe itself does not need speed but make index heavily use it an= d this > > will definitly benefit from speed up) > > * Third party tool will be able to probe the information more easily. > >=20 > > Do anyone have any concern about this? >=20 > 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. >=20 How that would be more complicated than the actual way? Given that there are 2 user friendly way to get the information: make search (which uses INDEX so no change in that area) and freshports and I will make= sure that we will switch in sync with it. regards, Bapt --FN+gV9K+162wdwwF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlBu/YQACgkQ8kTtMUmk6ExZFACgtVlWsGlJfZEM41vQhYcCTF8I UYIAoKXQJdLQGZLs+EuOAEV4SPmykGMt =Mvnh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FN+gV9K+162wdwwF--