On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 17:14:58 +0000
Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccre...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Having a different, special rule for something that looks exactly like
> lots of other things that do not have that different, special rule is
> hardly hair splitting. This rule would have to be documented and have
> special code to carefully enforce it. That's a big deal.

Exactly like HOMEPAGE is a big deal?

HOMEPAGE         Package's homepage. If you are unable to locate an
official one, try to provide a link to freshmeat.net or a similar
package tracking site. Never refer to a variable name in the string;
include only raw text.

http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/variables/index.html


   jer

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