On 09/17/12 11:43, Freddie Cash wrote:
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Thomas Abthorpe
<portmgr-secret...@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 <jqpub...@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?
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