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Date:      Sat, 28 Dec 2019 19:24:28 +0100
From:      Jan Beich <jbeich@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Marius Strobl <marius@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r521020 - in head: Mk benchmarks/netperf devel/cvsbook math/R sysutils/screen
Message-ID:  <sgl4-2tr7-wny@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20191228180629.GU15264@alchemy.franken.de> (Marius Strobl's message of "Sat, 28 Dec 2019 19:06:29 %2B0100")
References:  <201912271924.xBRJOuQq001669@repo.freebsd.org> <alpine.LSU.2.21.1912282114430.13725@anthias.pfeifer.com> <20191228180629.GU15264@alchemy.franken.de>

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Marius Strobl <marius@freebsd.org> writes:

> On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 09:19:08PM +1000, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 27 Dec 2019, Marius Strobl wrote:
>> > Author: marius
>> > Date: Fri Dec 27 19:24:56 2019
>> > New Revision: 521020
>> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/521020
>> > 
>> > Log:
>> >   Add and use a shared INFO description. I have patches to add that knob to
>> >   a bunch of additional ports.
>> 
>> Nice consolidation work.
>> 
>> > +INFO_DESC?=		Build and/or install info documentation
>> 
>> For someone not closely familiar with the GNU universe (which is quite 
>> possible, in particular in a FreeBSD context) "info documentation" may
>> feel a bit weird, as in "of course documentation is information".
>> 
>> How about making this "documentation in GNU info format" (or a variation
>> thereof)?
>
> "Build and/or install documentation in GNU info format" exceeds the 43
> characters limit and I can't think of a sufficiently short description
> that is as pedantic and precise. Do you have a better suggestion?

Maybe "Build and/or install GNU info pages" (a la MANPAGES_DESC)



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