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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Default HOMEPAGE for packages with unavailable website
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 06:52:37
Message-Id: 21465.59306.929852.815670@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Default HOMEPAGE for packages with unavailable website by William Hubbs
1 >>>>> On Wed, 30 Jul 2014, William Hubbs wrote:
2
3 > I just noticed in PMS that HOMEPAGE is an optional variable, so we
4 > really don't need a default home page at all. It seems completely
5 > legit for an ebuild to not even define the HOMEPAGE variable.
6
7 That's one of the places where our policy is stricter than PMS.
8 The devmanual says clearly that HOMEPAGE is mandatory, except for
9 virtuals.
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11 Ulrich