From owner-freebsd-ports Fri Jan 1 12:03:36 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA16963 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 12:03:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA16958 for ; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 12:03:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (haldjas.folklore.ee [172.17.2.1] (may be forged)) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.8.8/8.8.4) with SMTP id WAA19605; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 22:03:00 +0200 (EET) Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 22:03:00 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi To: Kris Kennaway cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HOMEPAGE variable? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Kris Kennaway wrote: > What do people think about adding a HOMEPAGE variable to ports makefiles? This > would allow for easier checking for updated versions, as well as related > information about packages you use. Currently there's no standardized way to > find this - often you can tell from the URL of the distfile, or a comment in > DESCR, but this isn't always the case. This has come up before, check the archives 8-) AFAIR, last time it was deemed to not be so good idea, or about so. Sander There is no love, no good, no happiness and no future - all these are just illusions. > > Kris > > ----- > (ASP) Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) announced today that the release of its > productivity suite, Office 2000, will be delayed until the first quarter > of 1901. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message