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On 5/17/11 10:40 AM, Jason Helfman wrote:
> I put this patch in due to COMMENT being cut off at 60 characters.

That makes sense, but given that we have other tools and sites that
provide port information, is it better to recommend the shorter COMMENT
that may not be sufficient to give a port intro, or should we opt for a
slightly longer string?  How will pkgng handle this?

Joe

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