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Date:      Sat, 5 Nov 2005 19:56:07 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To:        Michael Johnson <ahze@ahze.net>
Cc:        cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports KNOBS
Message-ID:  <20051105195607.GS29387@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <FA4E3543-8385-431F-9779-4D694C671577@ahze.net>
References:  <200511050659.jA56xtml021798@repoman.freebsd.org> <20051105130644.GR29387@submonkey.net> <FA4E3543-8385-431F-9779-4D694C671577@ahze.net>

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On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 12:01:16PM -0500, Michael Johnson wrote:
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> On Nov 5, 2005, at 8:06 AM, Ceri Davies wrote:
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> >On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 06:59:55AM +0000, Michael Johnson wrote:
> >
> >>ahze        2005-11-05 06:59:55 UTC
> >>
> >>  FreeBSD ports repository
> >>
> >>  Added files:
> >>    .                    KNOBS
> >>  Log:
> >>  - Add KNOBS, this file has a list of popular knobs with a short
> >>    description of what the knob is and does. The intent is to
> >>    help porters keep like-name knobs through out the ports tree
> >>    and end-users have a single file they can look up knobs in.
> >>
> >>  Limitations to KNOBS: In the future we plan to add support for =20
> >>OPTIONS
> >>     to support the KNOBS file, and so dialog(1) will be able to =20
> >>handle the
> >>     size of each knob knob-name's are limited to 12 characters and
> >>     knob-descriptions are limited to 45 characters, not including =20
> >>the
> >>     white space between the knob-name and knob-description.
> >>
> >>  Naming knobs: When a port has a lib-prefix (ie: libquicktime, =20
> >>libxine)
> >>     the lib-prefix should be stripped from the knob name.
> >>     (ie: QUICKTIME, XINE)
> >>
> >>  Based around:   brain storm ideas from mezz and I
> >>  Approved by:    portmgr
> >>
> >>  Revision  Changes    Path
> >>  1.1       +91 -0     ports/KNOBS (new)
> >>
> >
> >Am I the only person who couldn't stop sniggering when they read this?
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> Just wonder why this is funny? I don't see what it is.

Oh, it's the word "knob", that's all.  It's an extremely juvenile slang
term for the penis here in .uk, but that didn't stop me giggling at a
mail full of knobs.

Ceri
--=20
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm
not sure about the former.			  -- Einstein (attrib.)

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