Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 02:53:31 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: COMMENT in makefiles (Re: [wiz@netbsd.org: CVS commit: pkgsrc]) Message-ID: <20010219025331.B40459@mollari.cthul.hu> In-Reply-To: <3A90F226.A4E3DD8A@FreeBSD.org>; from sobomax@FreeBSD.org on Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 12:15:02PM %2B0200 References: <20010218171737.B44211@nevermind.kiev.ua> <200102181927.f1IJR0n01529@vic.sabbo.net> <20010219020452.A40459@mollari.cthul.hu> <3A90F226.A4E3DD8A@FreeBSD.org>
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--24zk1gE8NUlDmwG9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 12:15:02PM +0200, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > Well, I don't agree there are good enough reasons to do it this > > way..it seems gratuitously different and it makes the pkg-descr file > > more difficult to read (comments often aren't very clear descriptions > > because of size constraints). >=20 > I did not mean that comment would replace description. I told that it cou= ld be either > a COMMENT: field at the end of pkg-descr or first introductory line of de= scription. > Following two examples illustrate my concept using real-world example: > ----------------------- > This is bzip2, an advanced block-sorting file compressor. It is > believed to be free from any patents. >=20 > WWW: http://sourceware.cygnus.com/bzip2/ > COMMENT: A block-sorting file compressor > ----------------------- > A block-sorting file compressor. >=20 > Bzip2 is an advanced block-sorting file compressor. It is > believed to be free from any patents. >=20 > WWW: http://sourceware.cygnus.com/bzip2/ > ----------------------- Yeah, I understood what you meant, I still don't think it's the best place for it. Kris --24zk1gE8NUlDmwG9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6kPsrWry0BWjoQKURAi4VAKC6jBsn5dy7y22dgUUPXUp6JbvxrwCfZg8B B5cKtxaUiI/iPrDjusfsTqs= =t3zU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --24zk1gE8NUlDmwG9-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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