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Date:      Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:42:00 +0100
From:      Rusmir Dusko <nemysis@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r338572 - head/games/palomino
Message-ID:  <20140113104200.GA80610@nemysis4now>

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> On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 06:59:38PM +0000, Rusmir Dusko wrote:
> > New Revision: 338572
> > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/338572
> > 
> > -DESKTOP_ENTRIES=	"Palomino" "${COMMENT}" "${PORTNAME}" \
> > -			"${PORTNAME}" "Game;ArcadeGame;" false
> > +DESKTOP_ENTRIES=	"Palomino" "" "${PORTNAME}" \
> > +			"${PORTNAME}" "Game;ArcadeGame;" ""  

> I've noticed you've removed "${COMMENT}" from DESKTOP_ENTRIES in some recent
> commits; could you elaborate on it a bit?  Most of the usage examples in the
> tree seem to include "${COMMENT}"...

In my earlier email correspondence with makcs regarding DESKTOP_ENTRIES,
he stated some interesting arguments, as to why would one, do so.

This is from his last email:

> I suppose you simply removed 'false', so that DESKTOP_ENTRIES had only 5 elements.
> If you need empty field, you shall use double quotes (""), e.g:

> DESKTOP_ENTRIES=	"Name" "" "Icon" "Exec" "Categories" ""

> This desktop entry will use ports ${COMMENT} for second field, and empty
> StartupNotify field.

> You may want to look description for DESKTOP_ENTRIES in Mk/bsd.port.mk.
> It covers more cases than Porters Handbook.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/using-x11.html#desktop-entries

Having that in mind, I removed "${COMMENT}" from DESKTOP_ENTRIES in some recent
commits.

-- 
Best regards,
Rusmir Dusko



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