Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:11:04 +0100 From: Shaun Amott <shaun@FreeBSD.org> To: Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <ports@FreeBSD.org>, Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@gmail.com> Subject: Re: RFC: bsd.sites.mk - introduce some magic Message-ID: <20060726151104.GA1097@picobyte.net> In-Reply-To: <1153924657.22740.4.camel@mayday.esat.net> References: <cb5206420607260618k13363ff2lb112e02794b87180@mail.gmail.com> <1153924657.22740.4.camel@mayday.esat.net>
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On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 03:37:37PM +0100, Florent Thoumie wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-07-26 at 17:18 +0400, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote:
> >
> > 1. (A tad) cleaner ports Makefiles:
> > Write MASTER_SITES=FOOBAR instead of
> > MASTER_SITES=${MASTER_SITE_FOOBAR} and get away
> > with it
> >
> > 2. Abbreviations
> > Write MASTER_SITES=SF and mean SOURCEFORGE
>
> I don't quite like having 3 different ways to use a group of
> MASTER_SITES.
Agreed - the above changes are gratuitous, and simply add an unnecessary
layer of obfustication. It also seems strange to pick out one or two
MASTER_SITES sets only.
> > 3. Default subdirs
> > With MASTER_SITES set to SF or SOURCEFORGE you
> > get MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR?=${PORTNAME:L} for free!
>
> This is a really good thing.
I agree.
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Shaun Amott [ PGP: 0x6B387A9A ]
Scientia Est Potentia.
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