Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 17:13:45 -0400 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> To: Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net> Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, Adam Weinberger <adamw@freebsd.org>, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r358704 - head/Mk Message-ID: <B0D893EA-0345-4470-89A3-66E371F1B29D@adamw.org> In-Reply-To: <53A5EF35.3020702@sasktel.net> References: <201406211423.s5LENFt4010937@svn.freebsd.org> <CAF6rxgmCpgvW7w20Y7sfL5%2B2hDWU=C4OpidV0_AjzndYcBvaTA@mail.gmail.com> <3AC42E34-C633-4797-9539-D57676A19E62@adamw.org> <53A5EF35.3020702@sasktel.net>
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On 21 Jun, 2014, at 16:46, Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net> wrote: > While it supports a great deal of output formats, it supports a very > small number of input formats. Of course, "PS" isn't universally > understood anymore, some maybe "PostScript and PDF handing via > Ghostscript" would be better... or "Use Ghostscript for PDF and = Postscript=94. I really like =93PostScript and PDF handling via Ghostscript.=94 It=92s = clear, clean, and more-or-less accurate... I wouldn=92t suspect there = are too many ports that rely on GS for its bitmap rasterization. = (Right?) > I'm not even sure that Ghostscript needs to be repeated in the > description since the option name is shown. Possibly even "for > PostScript and PDF rasterization" would be best. >=20 > Quite often the word following the option name on the line is the = option > name with different casing. I agree with everything you just said, except I think that consistency = is vitally important for clarity so GHOSTSCRIPT should match the way = other descriptions are formatted. Ideally though, descriptions should say what the OPTION will accomplish, = as you and Eitan have pointed out. =93PS and PDF rasterization=94 tells = me what enabling it will accomplish, and I can be confident that I can = deselect it if I don=92t want PS and PDF rasterization support. And = while we=92re at it, there should be a pop-up box that tells me which = dependencies will be added by selecting this OPTION. # Adam --=20 Adam Weinberger adamw@adamw.org http://www.adamw.org
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