Can we please just remove the old Makefile headers?

[Thomas Abthorpe]

On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 12:54:17PM -1000, Doug Barton wrote:
> On 08/30/2012 09:56 AM, Thomas Abthorpe wrote:
> > So without further ado, this is what we would like to see at the top of
> > the makefile
> > 
> > #
> > # $FreeBSD$
> > #
> > 
> > PORTNAME=
> > 
> > It is as easy as that :)
> 
> I was sort of afraid that would be the answer ... while I realize we
> have massive historical precedents for the additional #s above and below
> the content, what I was hoping for was that we would make the big break
> with hysterical raisins and just make the # $FreeBSD$ the first line of
> the file.
> 
> It's a minor issue (and yes, this is a legitimate bikeshed) but to my
> way of thinking the extra #s are just wasted space that reduce the
> amount of useful data that is presented when you open the file in an
> editor.
> 
> I won't lose sleep if we go with the extra #s, but I wanted to at least
> raise the issue in case there was still a chance to keep it simple. :)
> 
> Doug

Well, since we are going with something new, let us just do it, one line

# $FreeBSD$

at the very top.


Thomas

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Thomas Abthorpe		| FreeBSD Committer
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