Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 16:15:44 +0100 From: Shaun Amott <shaun@FreeBSD.org> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [CHANGE PROPOSAL] Moving WWW from pkg-descr to Makefile Message-ID: <20121005151544.GA9938@charon.picobyte.net> In-Reply-To: <20121005140534.GB61272@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <20121005140534.GB61272@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
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On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 04:05:35PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > I want to propose and make the actual move of the WWW information from the > pkg-descr to the Makefile itself via a WWW variable. > > doing this will have multiple benefits: > * consistency all metadata bug this one are in Makefile > * speedup make describe avoiding using grep to get the informations (make > describe itself does not need speed but make index heavily use it and this > will definitly benefit from speed up) > * Third party tool will be able to probe the information more easily. > > Do anyone have any concern about this? A good idea in principle, but I think we need to take care to ensure that the information is easily discoverable by end users. There's a risk that burying the URLs in Makefiles might make them less accessible. -- Shaun Amott // PGP: 0x6B387A9A "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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