Deprecating the signature at the end of pkg-descr (was: Re: cvs commit...)

[Pav Lucistnik]

Simon Barner píše v st 21. 09. 2005 v 11:28 +0200:

> Lars Thegler wrote:
> > So in either case, it seems the 'signature' in pkg-descr is redundant. 
> > Either it reflects the creator's name, duplicating the comment section, 
> > or it reflects the maintainer, duplicating the MAINTAINER= line.
> 
> Section 5.5 says that the signature in pkg-descr is intended to keep the
> port creators real name, but that could be put into the comment section
> at the beginning of the Makefile (and in fact, that is what many/most
> people do).

The Who: header is also enforced by portlint.

> But I wonder where a somebody who agrees to take over maintainershipf of
> a new port could put his realname?

Nowhere. But it's recorded in the commit log in the CVS.

> > I wonder what the rationale for the 'recommendation' in 3.2.1 was? Anyone?
> 
> I don't know, but I'd suggest getting rid of the signature all together,
> before starting a huge bikeshed.

\o/

> My suggestion is to update the porters' handbook in order to document
> the new policy, and send a small heads-up to freebsd-ports (patch
> attached).

I'd suggest dropping the text in the first chunk altogether.
Otherwise I like it. You will commit it or do you want me to handle it?

> I certainly don't propose to change all existing ports at once because
> is would be an unnecessary repo churn, but perhaps after a maintainer change,
> as Pav suggested.

Yup.

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Pav Lucistnik <pav at oook.cz>
              <pav at FreeBSD.org>

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