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Date:      Mon, 23 Jun 2014 18:45:07 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org>, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r358722 - head/Mk
Message-ID:  <20140623184507.GA55530@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20140623165459.GR23976@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>
References:  <201406211708.s5LH8ZvE087036@svn.freebsd.org> <CAF6rxgkeu0BG5pzN1rJ=u=5VnNgmVuN2PWbay13RY7qMt7JCmA@mail.gmail.com> <20140623124533.GP23976@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <CAF6rxgnEficrO3dxagefxDCF8rTnByZosDGtJwdxdzmEJiLHaw@mail.gmail.com> <20140623165459.GR23976@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>

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On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 06:54:59PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 09:37:25AM -0700, Eitan Adler wrote:
> > I'll copy what I wrote on phabricator:
> > 
> > If anything, the recent commits proved that this statement is exactly
> > opposite of what it should be.
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > Also, people are too discouraged to change the descriptions when they
> > are useless.
> > 
> That is your opinion other people have a different opinion here

Guys, come on.  There's no need to fight here.  As one of the authors
of a large fraction of those descriptions, I can tell you that there's
nothing hard about keeping them precise yet elaborative enough.  Few
occasional mistakes is just a normal workflow: see it, argue on it, fix
it.

./danfe



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