Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 10:03:28 +0200 From: Vasil Dimov <vd@FreeBSD.org> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/mpatrol Makefile ports/devel/mpatrol/files patch-..::..::src::mptrace.c Message-ID: <20061103080328.GA73249@qlovarnika.bg.datamax> In-Reply-To: <454AEF2B.1000007@FreeBSD.org> References: <200611030351.kA33peWQ061783@repoman.freebsd.org> <20061103061317.GB64699@qlovarnika.bg.datamax> <454ADF4A.5080201@FreeBSD.org> <20061103064819.GA64957@qlovarnika.bg.datamax> <454AE6B2.70702@FreeBSD.org> <20061103070602.GA65515@qlovarnika.bg.datamax> <454AEF2B.1000007@FreeBSD.org>
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--vkogqOf2sHV7VnPd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 11:26:35PM -0800, Maxim Sobolev wrote: [...] > >>>>Vasil Dimov wrote: > >>>>>On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 03:51:40AM +0000, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > >>>>>>sobomax 2006-11-03 03:51:40 UTC > >>>>>[...] > >>>>>>Added files: > >>>>>> devel/mpatrol/files patch-..::..::src::mptrace.c=20 [...] > The Porters Handbook unfortunately is out of sync with reality. Which exacly part of the "Porters Handbook" do you mean? If you really believe so, please send a patch siggesting to fix it. > Long=20 > time ago, when the trees were big and the sky was blue, we did have the= =20 > strict rule saying that any patch should be named patch-[a-z][a-z]. It=20 > was OK until the ports collection had reached the point when keeping=20 > individual history of each patch-XY became important enough, which you=20 > can't do with names like patch-XY. At that point "vote" was called to=20 > allow "free" names for patchfiles (but consistent within each port),=20 > provided that those names don't break any existing packaging tools. The= =20 > result of the vote was positive. I think the result of this vote/discussion is this commit: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-han= dbook/book.sgml.diff?r1=3D1.549&r2=3D1.550 by krion. It explicitly says that one should not use `:' when naming new patches. > If somebody has sneaked its own definition into Porters Handbook I can't= =20 > care less. I would not call this sneaking. > It is not official unless majority of active porters agree=20 > upon it. You want a vote or what? I really believe this discussion is going nowhere. --=20 Vasil Dimov gro.DSBeerF@dv % The guitar screamed like an angel who had just discovered why it was on the wrong side. -- (Terry Pratchett, Soul Music) --vkogqOf2sHV7VnPd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFFSvfQFw6SP/bBpCARAl7hAJ9MbUpqUKad7l3nVvpj9PpPMG4HkQCeNAul 78iWOpQevwkuacSzay9RC/k= =iRDQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vkogqOf2sHV7VnPd--
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