Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 15:03:33 +0200 From: Carlo Strub <cs@FreeBSD.org> To: danfe@FreeBSD.org, Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, knu@iDaemons.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r303589 - head/devel/rubygem-locale [ID#2012090409000358] Message-ID: <1346763813.599803.71313393.51072.2@c-st.net> In-Reply-To: <20120904072156.GA67866@FreeBSD.org> References: <20120904072156.GA67866@FreeBSD.org><201209030527.q835RI0O025589@svn.freebsd.org> <20120903055925.GA38769@FreeBSD.org> <86txvfvbgt.knu@iDaemons.org>
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09/04/2012 09:25 - Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 03:58:58PM +0900, Akinori MUSHA wrote: > > At Mon, 3 Sep 2012 05:59:25 +0000, > > Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > > You should have not replaced space after WWW: with tab; also, we do n= ot > > > normally list Author(s) unless proper attribution cannot be given in = any > > > other way (read: no WWW page). > >=20 > > Heh, I've created and maintained hundreds of ports this way since the > > last century without a single moment I'm blamed for that. >=20 > Well, no one is blaming here, for starters, and formatting is not the most > important issue, most people would not even care enough to pay attention. >=20 > > It's OK for me to abandon my way of respecting original authors and > > stop the use of tabs if need be, but I just wonder what your argument > > is based on and what the problem is. >=20 > There had been several attempts to clean up port descriptions in the past > few years, and lately thanks for cs@ who started to clean up COMMENT shit, > and other people who started to format WWW: page more consistently, not to > forget large shaving off old-style attribution few months ago (I forgot w= ho > exactly did that). Basically, in the old days port descriptions were a l= ot > more inconsistent and untidy. I think we need to improve here and, given > positive momentum, it's about time, hence my email. >=20 > ./danfe >=20 Danfe is right, there have been several attempts to clean up ports on the "= cosmetic" side and we are not yet done with all the plans we have in our mi= nds. Regarding COMMENTS, most if not all typos have been fixed but there is= one big issue left (removing A/An) which I will postpone to the time after= the release/freeze. More importantly, I have updated the Porter's Handbook= with more precise advise on formatting COMMENTS. Regarding pkg-descr we are far from anywhere yet. For example, there needs = to be a discussion on the length of the lines etc. All this will go into th= e Porter's Handbook as well. Regarding the space after WWW and mentioning t= he author, I think it is fair to say, however, that there is a broad consen= sus on how to do that. If it makes you happy, I can clarify these two point= s in the PHB right now. Otherwise it will flow in later together with all t= he other formatting requirements. Carlo -- Carlo Strub Ports committer --=
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