Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:52:33 +0200 From: David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com> To: Janne Snabb <snabb@epipe.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New pkg-message[.in] guideline idea Message-ID: <AANLkTikl45HPa0qPn99ywCX_TI5Y3k2xcysQc8PLW6AO@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1006231636010.22303@tiktik.epipe.com> References: <AANLkTimAhMpVuTIj10XKW65Wl2c6zplyyjD83OO1Y-1I@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1006231636010.22303@tiktik.epipe.com>
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2010/6/23 Janne Snabb <snabb@epipe.com>: > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010, David DEMELIER wrote: > >> I would do something like this to the FreeBSD ports, if you agree with >> me I can check every messages and modify them. I can also put >> something in the FreeBSD porter's handbook to write a "pkg-message >> template" > > I find it completely useless and plainly stupid to edit the > pkg-messages of all ports to include lots of equal signs for tty-based > formatting purposes. In my opinion the messages in the ports tree > should contain (English language, word based) messages, and if some > visual formatting is desired, it should be done by the upper layer > which displays the message (such as the ports framework, a web site > which displays information about various ports, or whatever). > We can take a long time to do that (we don't have to do it quickly), but it could be useful to standardize it for one reason : You will see that it's a message from the port maintainer/submitter and not from the program itself! Sometimes configure scripts stage say some useless things to the user. > The more clueful web monkeys have known to separate content from > visual formatting for several years, why should FreeBSD make the > same mistake the web monkeys did when www first became popular? > > However I fully support the idea that all the relevant messages > should be displayed at the end of a build/upgrade process whenever > technically feasible (otherwise they will just fly past while I am > having a lunch or whatever). If the boild/upgrade process fails in > the middle, the messages of successful builds/upgrades should still > be displayed, even though the end of the process has not been > reached. > I agree too. -- Demelier David
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