Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:42:57 -0500 From: "fbsd_user" <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, ale@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: All php ports maintained by Ale missing long descriptions Message-ID: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGOEJCHLAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <20060115124547.P28752@ganymede.hub.org>
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The answer to your smart ass question is YES. That long description field is there for a purpose. Loading it with bull shit does not make the port collection any more easy to use. It is not the readers job to guess what the port does. So if you don't have any value to add to this post please keep your silly thoughts to your self. You only make your self look like a fool and waste peoples time. -----Original Message----- From: Marc G. Fournier [mailto:scrappy@hub.org] Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 11:48 AM To: fbsd_user Cc: ale@FreeBSD.org; ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: All php ports maintained by Ale missing long descriptions On Sun, 15 Jan 2006, fbsd_user wrote: > Ale > > Why do all the ports that deal with php that have your name as maintainer > have no long description that says what the port does? > They all have the same content talking about what php is. > How is your stupid standard meaningless php long description helping users > determine what the port does??? > I don't remember the php ports being this way in the past? > This makes all the php ports useless. This needs fixing. Wow, I found them fairly intuitive: php4-ftp adds the ftp extension php4-pgsql adds the pgsql extension php4-mysqli adds teh mysqli_* functions php4-session adds session support ... the port itself is self-describing, or so *I* thought ... what do you find confusing about the format? Does your mind somehow truncate once you hit the - and dooesn't register teh -pgsql part of it? so you need a long pkg-descr that states: Thie port add the pgsql extension to php4 ? ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
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