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Date:      Tue, 22 Jan 2002 16:49:15 -0600
From:      "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.cc>
To:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Will Andrews <will@csociety.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/mail/evolution pkg-plist ports/mail/evolution/files patch-ac patch-camel::providers::local::Makefile.in patch-camel::providers::nntp::Makefile.in patch-camel::providers::pop3::Makefile.in patch-camel::providers::sendmail::Makefile.in patch-camel::providers::smtp::Makefile.in patch-mail::importers::Makefile.in
Message-ID:  <20020122224915.GB2462@madman.nectar.cc>
In-Reply-To: <3C4DDA1F.622EAD6F@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200201222039.g0MKdcm91935@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020122154603.H18609@squall.waterspout.com> <3C4DD282.A1FA297C@FreeBSD.org> <20020122160948.I18609@squall.waterspout.com> <3C4DDA1F.622EAD6F@FreeBSD.org>

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On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 11:31:11PM +0200, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> Will Andrews wrote:
> > They might affect some things, like the cpio bug that someone
> > reported to Murray last week.  And they're unsightly... you
> > should fix your script so it optimizes the name lengths.
> 
> Well, the idea behind those sometimes long names is that there is
> always 1:1 mapping between the file in port and corresponding
> patchfile, so that the history is automagically preserved (no need to
> look at logs as with old patch-xy scheme) even if you will delete
> patchfile at some point and put it back later.

I agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment.  Keep it consistent,
otherwise one might as well use `patch-xy'.  IMHO, The only really
unsightly thing is the '::' path seperator, but it is far too late to
worry about that --- and I can't really think of anything much better,
anyway.

Cheers,
-- 
Jacques A. Vidrine <n@nectar.cc>                 http://www.nectar.cc/
NTT/Verio SME          .     FreeBSD UNIX     .       Heimdal Kerberos
jvidrine@verio.net     .  nectar@FreeBSD.org  .          nectar@kth.se

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