From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 17 16:48:43 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7371A106566C for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:48:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stephen@missouri.edu) Received: from wilberforce.math.missouri.edu (wilberforce.math.missouri.edu [128.206.184.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3175B8FC16 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:48:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [128.206.184.213] (wilberforce.math.missouri.edu [128.206.184.213]) by wilberforce.math.missouri.edu (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q8HGmggB058031 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:48:42 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from stephen@missouri.edu) Message-ID: <5057546A.90707@missouri.edu> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:48:42 -0500 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120901 Thunderbird/15.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <20120917163310.GA57928@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [CORRECTION] Change to the header in ports Makefiles, take two X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:48:43 -0000 On 09/17/12 11:43, Freddie Cash wrote: > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Thomas Abthorpe > wrote: >> It was recently posted on, >> http://blogs.freebsdish.org/portmgr/2012/09/01/change-to-the-header-in-ports-makefiles/ >> that we would adopt a new header for the ports Makefiles. The initial >> discussion seemed to show enough support for the idea of completely >> stripping the header, leaving only the $FreeBSD$ tag. After the >> announcement was made, more people stated strong feelings that when and >> where possible attribution be maintained in the header. >> >> A private discussion was held among ports committers, and while opinions >> were as varied as the individuals who shared them, it was decided to unify >> on a two line header. >> >> # Created by: J.Q. Public >> # $FreeBSD$ >> >> The Whom line from the classic six line header becomes Created By. >> >> Sometimes, as a result of a repocopy, or changed maintainership, the >> Created By and MAINTAINER is no longer in synchronisation. To avoid >> confusion, the first line can be removed, optionally leaving us with a one >> line header. >> >> # $FreeBSD$ > > Wouldn't it make sense to have the "# $FreeBSD$" line be the first > line of the file, so that it never changes? Having some files where > the FreeBSD tag is first, and other files where it's second seems > arbitrarily inconsistent. > > Lines that don't change should come first, so that things are always the same. > > IMHO, of course. :) > You want *consistency* ????? What will people ask for next?