Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2022 11:31:28 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, portmgr <portmgr@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HEADS-UP: Upcoming move of WWW definitions in all ports Message-ID: <YxeSAKcNiRtsmy/p@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <8a896af9-b41e-d939-c71c-3b0b6b8366b6@FreeBSD.org> References: <8a896af9-b41e-d939-c71c-3b0b6b8366b6@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 08:09:24PM +0200, Stefan Esser wrote: > PortMgr has just accepted a change that has been in the making for some time: > > The move of the "WWW:" entries at the end of the ports' pkg-descr files into > the ports' Makefiles in the form of "WWW=" definitions. > > The WWW lines will be put into the maintainer block, immediately following > the MAINTAINER and COMMENT lines. > > If there is more than one WWW: line a pkg-descr file, one URL will be > selected to be moved into the Makefile, the other URLs will get a label > "See also:" instead of "WWW:". > You've told us the "What" and suggested a "When". So, what is the "Why?" % find . -name pkg-descr -maxdepth 3 | wc -l 29110 % find . -name Makefile -maxdepth 3 | wc -l 30343 Assuming 90% of the files are touched, 54000 files suffering cosmetic churn? -- Steve
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