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[Doug Barton]

Lars Thegler wrote:
> Doug Barton wrote:
> 
>> In at least one case (the port above) the pkg-descr file was not 
>> updated to
>> reflect this change. Is this something that would be useful to do?
> 
> 
> I believe the 'signature' in pkg-descr has the same semantics as the 
> 'Whom:' line in Makefile, indicating the initial creator of the port. As 
> least that is how I read porters-handbook.

I read "your name" in 3.2.1 as meaning "the name of the person who maintains 
the port." The creator's name is memorialized in the comment section of the 
Makefile, I don't see how duplicating that information in pkg-descr would be 
useful.

Doug

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