Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 21:28:11 -0400 (EDT) From: James FitzGibbon <james@nexis.net> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> Cc: bgingery@gtcs.com, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, GNATS Management <gnats@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-ports@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/3657: HyperNews port submitted Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970525212519.3534A-100000@nexis.net> In-Reply-To: <19970525105257.54462@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Sun, 25 May 1997, David O'Brien wrote: > > I noticed that you submitted this with a "p5-" prefix. Just to let you > > know, that's for Perl 5 modules from CPAN, not just any program that uses > > perl5 to do it's work. > > Any real reason for this rule? As a ports user, I really don't care > *where* something comes from. I'll read the MASTER_SITES if I do. > However, as a budding Perl hacker (well I hope) I do care if a port is > for Perl5. The prefix was in lieu of putting them into a separate perl5 directory. The fact that they come from CPAN is irrelevant; the fact that they are perl5 modules as opposed to something that uses perl5. The best way to summarize is that ports with a p5- prefix are not standalone programs; they are building blocks for programs written in perl. I would have preferred that they went into their own directory and lost the prefix, but I lost that arguement with Satoshi a year ago and haven't brought it up since. -- j.
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