cvs commit: ports/net/ssldump/files patch-ssl%ssldecode.c

[Erwin Lansing]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 02:27:57PM +0300, Sergey Skvortsov wrote:
> Edwin Groothuis wrote:
> >>
> >> Edwin Groothuis wrote:
> >>>>   FreeBSD ports repository
> >>>>
> >>>>   Added files:
> >>>>     net/ssldump/files    patch-ssl%ssldecode.c 
> >>> Did I miss a naming-convention change?
> >
> >> History repeats itself... Ok.
> >>
> >> 1. I dislike "_" as path delimiter. It's not so obvious and aesthetic as
> >> "::" or "%".
> > 
> > I don't like it neither, but I accepted the fact that there was a
> > proper naming standard for it so at least this wildgrowth of patch
> > files would be resolved.
> 
> First of all, it is not a "proper naming standard". I always suggest to
> use SHOULD/MUST/etc words (RFC 2119) in "Porters' Handboook" to avoid
> any incomprehension. In current situation I prefer to treat "Please only
> use characters [-+._a-zA-Z0-9]" as "You SHOULD use characters
> [-+._a-zA-Z0-9]".
> 
> Many committers do not like this "convention". Hence the above regex
> should be reviewed and extended. There is no technical problems with
> additional ":%" symbols. Patch names must be convenient, not procrustean.
> 

Please, this has been discussed so many times before without any resolve
until portmgr put in this policy. Instead of restarting the whole
discussing for the 117th time, please agree to disagree and accept this
policy. If you really have to take up this discussion again, please do
so in the appropriate channels and not by unilaterally committing
something different.

Now please people, take a deep breath and move on.

-erwin

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