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On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 18:30:47 +0100 |
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Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 17:14:58 +0000 |
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> Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Having a different, special rule for something that looks exactly |
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> > like lots of other things that do not have that different, special |
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> > rule is hardly hair splitting. This rule would have to be |
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> > documented and have special code to carefully enforce it. That's a |
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> > big deal. |
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> Exactly like HOMEPAGE is a big deal? |
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> HOMEPAGE Package's homepage. If you are unable to locate an |
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> official one, try to provide a link to freshmeat.net or a similar |
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> package tracking site. Never refer to a variable name in the string; |
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> include only raw text. |
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> |
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> http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/variables/index.html |
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That's a QA thing, not a spec thing, and it's there because some |
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old-school developers don't know how to use their package manager |
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properly, and want to copy-paste a string from an ebuild into their |
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browser. |
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It's a silly rule. And if you take a count of how many ebuilds and |
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eclasses break that rule, you'll see exactly why such rules are a |
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problem. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |