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Date:      Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:45:12 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Lars Thegler <lth@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/converters/p5-String-Multibyte Makefile ports/converters/p5-Unicode-IMAPUtf7 Makefile ports/databases/p5-CDB_File-Generator Makefile ports/databases/p5-DBD-Excel Makefile ports/databases/p5-DBD-LDAP Makefile ports/databases/p5-DBIx-AnyDBD Makefile ...
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References:  <200509201420.j8KEKYa6066950@repoman.freebsd.org> <433100DE.2040901@FreeBSD.org> <43310DF2.8010100@FreeBSD.org>

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Lars Thegler wrote:
> Doug Barton wrote:
> 
>> In at least one case (the port above) the pkg-descr file was not 
>> updated to
>> reflect this change. Is this something that would be useful to do?
> 
> 
> I believe the 'signature' in pkg-descr has the same semantics as the 
> 'Whom:' line in Makefile, indicating the initial creator of the port. As 
> least that is how I read porters-handbook.

I read "your name" in 3.2.1 as meaning "the name of the person who maintains 
the port." The creator's name is memorialized in the comment section of the 
Makefile, I don't see how duplicating that information in pkg-descr would be 
useful.

Doug

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