[CORRECTION] Change to the header in ports Makefiles, take two

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith]

On 09/17/12 11:43, Freddie Cash wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Thomas Abthorpe
> <portmgr-secretary at freebsd.org> wrote:
>> It was recently posted on,
>> http://blogs.freebsdish.org/portmgr/2012/09/01/change-to-the-header-in-ports-makefiles/
>> that we would adopt a new header for the ports Makefiles.  The initial
>> discussion seemed to show enough support for the idea of completely
>> stripping the header, leaving only the $FreeBSD$ tag.  After the
>> announcement was made, more people stated strong feelings that when and
>> where possible attribution be maintained in the header.
>>
>> A private discussion was held among ports committers, and while opinions
>> were as varied as the individuals who shared them, it was decided to unify
>> on a two line header.
>>
>> # Created by: J.Q. Public <jqpublic at someaddress.com>
>> # $FreeBSD$
>>
>> The Whom line from the classic six line header becomes Created By.
>>
>> Sometimes, as a result of a repocopy, or changed maintainership, the
>> Created By and MAINTAINER is no longer in synchronisation. To avoid
>> confusion, the first line can be removed, optionally leaving us with a one
>> line header.
>>
>> # $FreeBSD$
>
> Wouldn't it make sense to have the "# $FreeBSD$" line be the first
> line of the file, so that it never changes?  Having some files where
> the FreeBSD tag is first, and other files where it's second seems
> arbitrarily inconsistent.
>
> Lines that don't change should come first, so that things are always the same.
>
> IMHO, of course.  :)
>


You want *consistency* ?????

What will people ask for next?