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On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 12:46:24PM +0100, Steve Long wrote: |
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> Robert Buchholz wrote: |
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> > On Sunday 05 October 2008, Thilo Bangert wrote: |
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> >> Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> said: |
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> >> > On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 03:44:20 -0700 |
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> >> > |
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> >> > "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o> wrote: |
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> >> > > Either we need special cases to declare that it no longer has a |
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> >> > > homepage, or we need to allow the empty HOMEPAGE. |
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> >> > |
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> >> > HOMEPAGE="( )" |
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> >> |
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> >> HOMEPAGE="http://this-package-has-no-homepage.gentoo.org/" |
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> > |
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> > Why not use our package site for this, i.e. |
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> > HOMEPAGE="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/${CAT}/${PN}" |
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> > |
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> > i.e. for this particular use case, |
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> > http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-mobilephone/smssend |
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> > |
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> > The site contains a link to ChangeLog, description, current version, |
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> > forums and bugs. I would suggest it is the most usable homepage a user |
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> > can expect if no other exists. |
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> > |
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> ++ This makes the most sense; it's simple and it enables users to interact |
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> with the appropriate channels to get support, or file bugs and patches. |
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> If a notice is needed, the website can be amended to state explicitly that |
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> upstream is dead (if the homepage points to self.) |
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Use a constant of some sort rather then having the ebuild hardcode the |
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fallback- this shifts the fallback upto the PM (code rather then data |
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it operates on) allowing far more flexibility. |
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An example for why this is a better approach would be if I get really |
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really bored some afternoon (or exceedingly drunk) and try to match |
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the package back to a freshmeat url when the homepage is |
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unknown/unset; using a constant, I can focus on that fun task. |
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If the fallback url is hardcoded into the ebuild (data), I wind |
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up having to know of the url scheme for packages.gentoo.org (both |
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past and present) to be able to detect if the homagepage is |
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'unset'; it's both buggy and a pita to try that route. |
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Use a constant of some sort please, it's way saner from a data format |
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standpoint. |
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And no, using a packages.gentoo.org is not constant since the url |
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namespace can potentially change someday, let alone the idiocy of |
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having to regex it just to discern 'unset' ;) |
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~brian |
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