Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 13:50:45 +0200 From: Ernst de Haan <ernst@jollem.com> To: sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: jdp@polstra.com, ports@FreeBSD.ORG, trevor@jpj.net Subject: Getting rid of pkg-comment (Was: Supporting pkg-plist.gz ?) Message-ID: <20010602135045.A682@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl> In-Reply-To: <200106021038.f52AcXo50376@mail.uic-in.net>; from sobomax@mail-in.net on Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 01:38:37PM %2B0300 References: <20010601225706.A36653@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl> <200106021038.f52AcXo50376@mail.uic-in.net>
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Maxim,
> Actually we could save much more disk space by collapsing
> one-line pkg-comment files into either pkg-descr or Makefile
> [bikeshed pending]. This way we could free about 5MB
> (5,000 files * 1,024 bytes wasted per file) w/o any significant
> disadvantage.
Yup. I heard this one before. Using the first sentence of the pkg-descr as the
pkg-comment. And it is used in the Javadoc documentation system as well. And
that works quite well.
From now on, I'll make sure that the first sentence of my pkg-descr is equal
to the pkg-comment. If this is the approach we're really going to take, then
we could allow the use of a pkg-comment file, but if it doesn't exist then we
would use the first sentence from the pkg-descr file. This would not break any
existing ports (as the install process currently breaks if there is no
pkg-comment file), and it would allow for a smooth transition to a
pkg-comment-less ports collection ;)
+1
Ernst
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Ernst de Haan
Java Architect
Jollem Information Technology
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