Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 17:56:58 +0200 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> Subject: Re: listing ports@FreeBSD.org as maintainer Message-ID: <200406231756.59609.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <B0C77794-C528-11D8-9250-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com> References: <B0C77794-C528-11D8-9250-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com>
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On Wednesday 23 June 2004 17:19, Oliver Eikemeier wrote: > > I hope you'll all agree with me that having people post inadvertently to > > a list is undesirable [...] > > We all agree. I don't. I disagree with reason 1, wrt reason 2,3: it's common behaviour on FreeBSD lists to use Reply-All (i.e., CC the poster) exactly because the lists are open to outside postings. > The READMEs are generated by a script, you want want > to provide a patch. I'd still like those READMEs to be disabled completely. They interfere with cvsup in a most annoying way and thus generate FAQs (why do I have empty directories with a README in it? Why are there ports twice in the tree but one of them doesn't work?). -- ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org
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