svn commit: r501789 - in head: . lang lang/clips

[Jan Beich]

Adam Weinberger <adamw at adamw.org> writes:

>> On May 18, 2019, at 13:03, Jan Beich <jbeich at freebsd.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Adam Weinberger <adamw at adamw.org> writes:
>> 
>>>> On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 4:28 AM Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 01:56:17PM +0000, Wen Heping wrote:
>>>>> New Revision: 501789
>>>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/501789
>>>>> 
>>>>> Log:
>>>>>  - Re-add lang/clips
>>>>> 
>>>>> Modified: head/lang/clips/Makefile
>>>>> ==============================================================================
>>>>> --- head/lang/clips/Makefile  Mon May  2 14:05:45 2011        (r273478)
>>>>> +++ head/lang/clips/Makefile  Thu May 16 13:56:16 2019        (r501789)
>>>>> @@ -1,40 +1,32 @@
>>>>> -# New ports collection makefile for:   clips
>>>>> -# Date created:        8 July 2001
>>>>> -# Whom:                Douglas Anestad <yotta at dougdidit.com>
>>>> 
>>>> It would probably be more polite to retain original port author (as
>>>> Created by), unless you've asked him and he agreed for his credit line
>>>> to be dropped.
>>> 
>>> Alexey is right, but it's not just polite. It is policy. That "Created
>>> by" line must not be removed unless the original author agrees to it.
>>> Please, add it back when you have a chance.
>> 
>> "Created by" is not documented anywhere after it was dropped[1] from
>> Porter's Handbook years ago. According to the original discussion[2]
>> there was no strong agreement to keep the line even then. And when
>> portmgr@ made the decision[3] it didn't consult a lawyer in order
>> to establish how much consent is required.
>> 
>> How such a policy is different from a cargo cult?
>> 
>> [1] https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/50149
>> [2] https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2012-August/077801.html
>> [3] https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2012-September/078319.html
>
> I’m not getting dragged into this game again. What I said earlier is our policy, and has been for years. 

Where is the policy documented?