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Date:      Tue, 9 Aug 2011 16:09:03 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Tilman Keskin?z <arved@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Steven Kreuzer <skreuzer@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/textproc Makefile ports/textproc/ack Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist
Message-ID:  <20110809160903.GA32834@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <4E414361.1030606@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201108091348.p79DmYFa095351@repoman.freebsd.org> <20110809135332.GA52137@over-yonder.net> <4E414361.1030606@FreeBSD.org>

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On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 04:25:37PM +0200, Tilman Keskin?z wrote:
> On 08/09/2011 03:53 PM, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> >>   Added files:
> >>     textproc/ack         Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist 
> > 
> > What's the difference from textproc/p5-ack?
> 
> This is the second time someone tries to add it (the other one was
> sysutils/ack
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/sysutils/ack/Attic/ ),
> 
> Maybe this is a hint that the name p5-ack is not where people expect to
> find it and we should move p5-ack to ack....

+1.  p5- prefix is for "batteries" (libraries, modules, etc.), not for
programs expected to be run by regular user.  Ditto for Python, Ruby, etc.

Another useful hint: do grep -i foobar CVSROOT-ports/modules before adding
new ports.

./danfe



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