Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:54:17 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Jaap Akkerhuis <jaapna@xs4all.nl> Cc: Melvyn Sopacua <melvyn@magemana.nl>, FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, Kris Moore <kris@pcbsd.org> Subject: Re: Proposal for Authors / Vendors in ports Message-ID: <CAF6rxgkJzj7YbBEuxOhTdMmb0NwZsgN-08OuMacT2ad%2BP=wSuQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9D6E2358-4750-41D5-9B8C-F638C8B1E351@xs4all.nl> References: <5283E4A0.6090107@pcbsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1311132124560.48376@fire.magemana.nl> <CAF6rxgmdewA=jtWL-8dyGrzSFTkxM2P8jWDYYcXr4BXOEdgx_w@mail.gmail.com> <20131114073008.GG90670@droso.dk> <9D6E2358-4750-41D5-9B8C-F638C8B1E351@xs4all.nl>
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On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Jaap Akkerhuis <jaapna@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > On Nov 14, 2013, at 8:30, Erwin Lansing <erwin@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> That sounds like an excellent idea. I'm just a bit worried about >> spreading the information over too many places, and would rather split >> content from logic and add these to pkg-descr as well next to the >> current WWW. I know we're not consistent already with things like >> COMMENT and LICENSE already in the Makefile, so won't ojbect too much to >> where these end up. > > Apart from spreading this information into to many places (pkg_desc seams > a proper place to have such information), why have the Makefile double up > as a database? pkg_descr is free form. Makefiles are parsable (make -V). -- Eitan Adler
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