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Date:      Tue, 9 Nov 2021 16:33:11 +0100
From:      Luca Pizzamiglio <pizzamig@freebsd.org>
To:        Mel Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports mailing list <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: What to do with the "Created by" header comments?
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Hi Mel,

IIRC the "# Created by: ..." line was added to give credits to the original
creator of the port.
I'm not sure if this is still a thing.

Best regards,
pizzamig



On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 9:28 PM Mel Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com>
wrote:

> In a port I recently submitted, I included the "# Created by: ..." line
> at the top of the Makefile I had seen in other ports.  When the port was
> committed, that line was excluded.
>
> Should I strip this line from ports I maintain as I update them, or let
> it sit until a committer does a tree-wide removal?
>
>

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