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Hi Mike, |
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> I would like to remove the ban on variable references in the HOMEPAGE |
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> variable in ebuilds. |
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> As I understand it, this ban was put in place so that people can |
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> easily copy/paste from an ebuild to a web browser. |
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It made it also possible to grep through the packages and find thousand |
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dead HOMEPAGES like [1] and many more. |
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If the HOMEPAGE is constructed by the power of bash variables it is hard |
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to track and to use. |
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We have already some HOMEPAGES which are constructed by eclass magic |
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[2]. These do not link to a useful website usually. |
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A string is also less error prone. We have already many broken |
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HOMEPAGES. This number would only increase if we add variables. On the |
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other hand it does not safe very much time for the maintainer. |
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Ebuilds are written once, but read many times. |
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Hence I suggest KISS (keep it simple stupid) and stick to the real URL |
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without variables. |
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[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Upstream_repository_shutdowns |
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[2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=624498 |
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Best, |
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Jonas |
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