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Date:      Sat, 9 Nov 2019 23:08:43 +0100
From:      "Tobias C. Berner" <tcberner@freebsd.org>
To:        Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org>
Cc:        "Tobias C. Berner" <tcberner@freebsd.org>, ports-committers <ports-committers@freebsd.org>,  svn-ports-all <svn-ports-all@freebsd.org>, svn-ports-head <svn-ports-head@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r517149 - in head/x11: . mere-about
Message-ID:  <CAOshKteGyedE02B%2B9T0UOLoP0hbFZe12L12ZE8S-Uxm4=0%2BUcQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Adam


The submitter will update the websites soon, to show some more information
they told me; let's give it a chance,
and decide in a few days.


mfg Tobias

On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 at 23:02, Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 2:26 PM Tobias C. Berner <tcberner@freebsd.org>
> wrote:
> > +++ head/x11/mere-about/pkg-descr       Sat Nov  9 21:26:08 2019
> (r517149)
> > @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
> > +About me, mere!
> > +It's a very simple and tiny application that provides its' user
> information
> > +about the mere software suite, and the system it is running on.
> > +
> > +WWW: http://about.merelab.io/
>
> Hi Tobias,
>
> I have to raise issue with the COMMENT and descr of these ports.
>
> Aside from its' not being a word in the English language, these
> websites all redirect to https, and contain absolutely nothing.
> about.merelab.io: "About me, mere!!!", utils.merelab.io: "Utils" etc.
>
> COMMENT= About me, mere!
> While I appreciate that upstream is amused by that phrase, it says
> nothing to end-users.
>
> Between COMMENT, the website, and the GH pages all containing no
> information whatsoever, I have concerns about whether these programs
> belong in the ports tree.
>
> # Adam
>
>
> --
> Adam Weinberger
> adamw@adamw.org
> https://www.adamw.org
>



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