Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:10:16 +1000 From: Christopher Vance <vance@aurema.com> To: Eric van Gyzen <vangyzen@stat.duke.edu> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Single-Letter Port Names Message-ID: <20040420021016.GA20421@aurema.com> In-Reply-To: <200404192026.56856.vangyzen@stat.duke.edu> References: <200404192007.04848.vangyzen@stat.duke.edu> <20040420001420.GA79189@wopr.caltech.edu> <200404192026.56856.vangyzen@stat.duke.edu>
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On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 08:26:56PM -0400, Eric van Gyzen wrote: >prebuilt R packages, but it's annoying to mangle the port name just for a >runtime-adjustable default paper size. The name "R" would seem so much >cleaner. Those who need A4 size paper can build the port accordingly, or >adjust it after a package has been installed. If you're reducing this to a single package, please do not have it default to *any* size, but require all users to set their size by some means at install or run time. An environment variable in /etc/profile (or similar) should be good enough for this, and could possibly benefit other ports too. Many of us hate the parochial assumption that the standard paper size in almost every country in the world should be ignored in favour of the one used in less than a handful. -- Christopher Vance
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