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Date:      Mon, 23 Jun 2014 18:54:59 +0200
From:      Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>
To:        Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org>, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r358722 - head/Mk
Message-ID:  <20140623165459.GR23976@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgnEficrO3dxagefxDCF8rTnByZosDGtJwdxdzmEJiLHaw@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <201406211708.s5LH8ZvE087036@svn.freebsd.org> <CAF6rxgkeu0BG5pzN1rJ=u=5VnNgmVuN2PWbay13RY7qMt7JCmA@mail.gmail.com> <20140623124533.GP23976@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <CAF6rxgnEficrO3dxagefxDCF8rTnByZosDGtJwdxdzmEJiLHaw@mail.gmail.com>

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On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 09:37:25AM -0700, Eitan Adler wrote:
> On 23 June 2014 05:45, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 10:17:19AM -0700, Eitan Adler wrote:
> >> On 21 June 2014 10:08, Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> wrote:
> >> > Author: mat
> >> > Date: Sat Jun 21 17:08:34 2014
> >> > New Revision: 358722
> >> > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/358722
> >> > QAT: https://qat.redports.org/buildarchive/r358722/
> >> >
> >> > Log:
> >> >   Add a small notice about maintainership of this file.
> >> >
> >> >   With hat:     portmgr
> >> >   Sponsored by: Absolight
> >> >
> >> > Modified:
> >> >   head/Mk/bsd.options.desc.mk
> >> >
> >> > Modified: head/Mk/bsd.options.desc.mk
> >> > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> >> > --- head/Mk/bsd.options.desc.mk Sat Jun 21 17:03:33 2014        (r35=
8721)
> >> > +++ head/Mk/bsd.options.desc.mk Sat Jun 21 17:08:34 2014        (r35=
8722)
> >> > @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
> >> >  #  - OPTION_DESC?=3D must be 19 characters or less
> >> >  #  - OPTION description text must be 43 characters or less
> >> >  #
> >> > +# - This file's MAINTAINER is ports@FreeBSD.org so that entries can=
 be added to
> >> > +#   it easily.  Any sweeping changes should be approved by portmgr.
> >>
> >> IMHO this is silly.  The risk of changing description text is almost
> >> zero.  Sweeping changes should be reviewed, but I don't think gating
> >> the review on a member of portmgr is useful.
> >>
> > Given what happened recently on those yes portmgr needs to review those=
 sweep
>=20
> I'll copy what I wrote on phabricator:
>=20
> If anything, the recent commits proved that this statement is exactly
> opposite of what it should be.
>=20
> People add entries too easily, not realizing that this file is just a
> default. This means that new entries are often too general or useless.
>=20
> Also, people are too discouraged to change the descriptions when they
> are useless.
>=20
That is your opinion other people have a different opinion here

regards,
Bapt

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