Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 00:36:18 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Shaun Amott <shaun@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [CHANGE PROPOSAL] Moving WWW from pkg-descr to Makefile Message-ID: <20121005223618.GC316@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <20121005220406.GA10831@charon.picobyte.net> References: <20121005140534.GB61272@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <20121005151544.GA9938@charon.picobyte.net> <20121005153221.GE61272@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <20121005220406.GA10831@charon.picobyte.net>
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--XWOWbaMNXpFDWE00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 11:04:07PM +0100, Shaun Amott wrote: > On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 05:32:21PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > > 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 f= rom 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 information= s (make > > > > describe itself does not need speed but make index heavily use i= t and this > > > > will definitly benefit from speed up) > > > > * Third party tool will be able to probe the information more easi= ly. > > > >=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 r= isk > > > that burying the URLs in Makefiles might make them less accessible. > > >=20 > > How that would be more complicated than the actual way? >=20 > I wasn't aware there was an "actual" way; isn't `cat pkg-descr` the > easiest way of getting a synopsis of the port (including website)? >=20 > > Given that there are 2 user friendly way to get the information: make s= earch > > (which uses INDEX so no change in that area) and freshports and I will = make sure > > that we will switch in sync with it. >=20 > FreshPorts is great, but we shouldn't rely on it for basic information > and/or functionality. >=20 > --=20 > Shaun Amott // PGP: 0x6B387A9A > "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin > of little minds." - Ralph Waldo Emerson I agree, maybe we can add a 'make www' to be able to output the WWW informa= tion regards, Bapt --XWOWbaMNXpFDWE00 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlBvYOIACgkQ8kTtMUmk6EzMVQCgh4iKOfyc4BevmnbXn4E0EAnf H18An2qB+yNgLFe8OFGAkwngce0GOtlv =Lf3H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XWOWbaMNXpFDWE00--
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