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Date:      Tue, 28 Nov 2017 12:11:12 -0500
From:      Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org>, Dan Langille <dvl@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r455056 - head/devel/py-naiveBayesClassifier
Message-ID:  <5226ACC6-61BE-4DAE-8D9A-46EE19EC3D83@langille.org>
In-Reply-To: <20171128164006.GC43542@FreeBSD.org>
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> On Nov 28, 2017, at 11:40 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> =
wrote:
>=20
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 09:26:55AM -0700, Adam Weinberger wrote:
>>> On 28 Nov, 2017, at 9:19, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> =
wrote:
>>> On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 04:12:32PM +0000, Dan Langille wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>> +COMMENT=3D	Yet another general purpose naive bayesian =
classifier
>>>> [...]
>>>> +++ head/devel/py-naiveBayesClassifier/pkg-descr
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
>>>> +yet another general purpose Naive Bayesian classifier.
>>>> +(under heavy development)
>>>=20
>>> Inconsistent capitalization in COMMENT vs. pkg-descr; also, =
typically
>>> port description text should contain a little more information about
>>> the port (see section 3.2.1 of the PHB for some hints).
>>=20
>> This is something that we have really regressed on lately. Our =
pkg-descrs
>> are becoming very terse, often simply repeating the COMMENT. Someone, =
I
>> forget who, recently added a bunch of ports without even listing WWW. =
We
>> have many ports broken into sections or variants where they all share =
the
>> same descr, so now I have no idea which one I actually want to =
install.
>=20
> Big +1, I appreciate the support Adam.
>=20
>> Folks, the descr is our catalogue; it's the first place that =
end-users
>> learn about ports and decide which one they're looking for. Take the =
2
>> minutes to write a meaningful description, [...]
>=20
> Exactly.  I can give an advice: if upstream lacks elaborate =
description,
> and you're having difficulty coming up with one of your own, take a =
look
> at some GNU/Linux distros that provide the same (or similar) package.
> I recall adding `sysutils/radeontop' and not being happy with =
pkg-descr
> (in r436717) until I found better description in Linux Mint package, =
cf.
> r436868.  HTH,

Nice idea.  I went looking for this port elsewhere but failed to find it =
elsewhere.

I tried searching for links to the sourcecode, failed on that search =
too.

Instead, I found some descriptions Naive Bayes Classifier and used =
those.

--=20
Dan Langille - BSDCan / PGCon
dan@langille.org






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