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Date:      Mon, 19 Feb 2001 02:04:52 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Nevermind <never@nevermind.kiev.ua>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   COMMENT in makefiles (Re: [wiz@netbsd.org: CVS commit: pkgsrc])
Message-ID:  <20010219020452.A40459@mollari.cthul.hu>
In-Reply-To: <200102181927.f1IJR0n01529@vic.sabbo.net>; from sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG on Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 09:27:00PM %2B0200
References:  <20010218171737.B44211@nevermind.kiev.ua> <200102181927.f1IJR0n01529@vic.sabbo.net>

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On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 09:27:00PM +0200, Maxim Sobolev wrote:

> > >> Log Message:
> > >> Update to new COMMENT style: COMMENT var in Makefile instead of pkg/=
COMM=3D
> > ENT.
> >=20
> > > What do people think about this change? Personally, I think it would
> > > be great..frees up another 4500 inodes from the ports collection.
> >=20
> > I think that should be useful. I have slow hdds, so it will be useful w=
hile
> > cvsuping, while make readme'ing and so on.=3D20
>=20
> I'm also voting for this change, however IMO Makefile a best place
> for a COMMENT (Makefile's from our ports collection are already overloaded
> with variables). I would propose to put it into pkg-descr, just like WWW
> line. Another possible benefit for having it in pkg-descr is that you can

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).

Kris
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