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Date:      Sat, 27 Mar 2004 10:04:14 +1100
From:      Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To:        Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Sign your name in pkg-descr is useless or useful?
Message-ID:  <20040326230414.GB2124@k7.mavetju>
In-Reply-To: <20040326105845.Q779@bo.vpnaa.bet>
References:  <opr5eiuf0f8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> <c3uoks$193u$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> <4062FF7A.2040509@ciam.ru> <c3v3kn$1drs$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> <20040326105845.Q779@bo.vpnaa.bet>

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On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 11:01:35AM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
> This thread is the best example of a bikeshed that I've seen in a long
> while. It's also a complete waste of time. Changing the MAINTAINER field
> in the Makefiles will break a lot of tools, and provide no benefit. If

If it breaks, it will need to be fixed. We can't not do things
because things might break.

Edwin

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