Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 13:41:51 -0500 (EST) From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> To: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/handbook porting.sgml Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980111133738.205C-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199801102346.PAA03453@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 10 Jan 1998, David E. O'Brien wrote:
> Log:
> Add note that "version required" should be kept upto date. After speaking
> with Satoshi, it seems only the "Date created" and "Author" shouldn't be
> updated.
>
> Now I 100% find "version required" to be totally useless, as apose to the
> 5% usefulness in documenting the first version used for the port.
I think Satoshi's almost got it right. :) As a "minimum distfile
version this port makefile has a reasonable chance of working
with", it is potentially useful. One could want to build an
older version if the ported version is known buggy in some way.
<shrug>
--
tIM...HOEk
OPTIMIZATION: the process of using many one-letter variables names
hoping that the resultant code will run faster.
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