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Date:      Mon,  5 Apr 2004 21:49:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Trevor Johnson <trevor@FreeBSD.org>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   ports/65243: patch to obfuscate maintainers' addresses
Message-ID:  <20040406044920.EE59216A4D0@hub.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <200404060450.i364oCR2066092@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         65243
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       patch to obfuscate maintainers' addresses
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Apr 05 21:50:12 PDT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Trevor Johnson
>Release:        
>Organization:
>Environment:
bsd.port.mk 1.486
>Description:
	Maintainers' e-mail addresses are harvested by Web spiders.
>How-To-Repeat:
	Make an e-mail account and list it on a MAINTAINER line. :-)
>Fix:

	also available from
	<URL:http://people.freebsd.org/~trevor/ports/obfuscate-maintainer.diff>;

Index: bsd.port.mk
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk,v
retrieving revision 1.486
diff -u -r1.486 bsd.port.mk
--- bsd.port.mk	3 Apr 2004 23:59:50 -0000	1.486
+++ bsd.port.mk	6 Apr 2004 04:38:27 -0000
@@ -24,14 +24,22 @@
 
 FreeBSD_MAINTAINER=	portmgr@FreeBSD.org
 
-# For each port, the MAINTAINER variable is what you should consult for
-# contact information on the person(s) to contact if you have questions/
-# suggestions about that specific port.  By default (if no MAINTAINER
-# is listed), a port is maintained by the subscribers of the ports@FreeBSD.org
-# mailing list, and any correspondence should be directed there.
-#
-# MAINTAINER	- The e-mail address of the contact person for this port
-#				  (default: ports@FreeBSD.org).
+# If you have questions or suggestions about any port, contact its maintainer.
+# To find the e-mail address of the maintainer, do "make maintainer".  When
+# writing a new port, you can use the MAINTAINER, MAINT_USER and MAINT_HOST
+# variables.  For instance:
+# 
+# 	MAINTAINER=	someone@example.com
+# 
+# is equivalent to:
+# 
+# 	MAINT_USER=	someone
+# 	MAINT_HOST=	example.com
+# 
+# The second format is intended to reduce the chance that spammers will harvest
+# the address.  If none of these variables are set, the default address is
+# "ports@FreeBSD.org" which is a public mailing list.  If only MAINT_USER is
+# set, the hostname defaults to "FreeBSD.org".
 #
 # These are meta-variables that are automatically set to the system
 # you are running on.  These are provided in case you need to take
@@ -2573,6 +2581,13 @@
 EXTRACT_ONLY?=	${_DISTFILES}
 
 # Documentation
+.if defined (MAINT_USER)
+.if !defined (MAINT_HOST)
+MAINTAINER=${MAINT_USER}@FreeBSD.org
+.else
+MAINTAINER=${MAINT_USER}@${MAINT_HOST}
+.endif
+.endif
 MAINTAINER?=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 
 .if !target(maintainer)
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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