cvs commit: ports/ports-mgmt/portlint Makefile ports/ports-mgmt/portlint/src portlint.pl

[Alexey Dokuchaev]

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:07:25PM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 01:40:03 +0000 Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe at FreeBSD.org>
> wrote:
> > I would probably issue a warning about using the dot in port's name,
> > as it looks quite ugly regardless of ".core" thing.  With perhaps few
> > exceptions like ".el" ports, the rest should have used minus instead
> > of the dot.
> 
> The main reason for my request was that there was a commit of such a
> file and it triggered a warning in the periodic scripts in a
> read-only mount of ports. The periodic scripts check for coredumps and
> delete them.

I understand that.

> I don't understand why you talk about port names here, are you talking
> about the change, or are you making a suggestion of checking for dots
> in port names?

The latter.  I meant something like, "since you're here fixing .core issue
with periodic scripts, maybe it makes sense to issue warning for any usage
of dots in the port names, as doing so 1) makes names look less pretty; 2)
introduces inconsistency in a family of ports (see e.g. science/py-obspy*).

I am aware that few people care for aesthetic appeal, but I do, hence the
suggestion.

./danfe