Subject: Re: Consulting MAINTAINER before updating a package
To: Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com>
From: Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 06/18/2007 16:10:56
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"Julio M. Merino Vidal" <jmmv84@gmail.com> writes:

>> MAINTAINERSTYLE=strong
>
> Why does this need to be a *variable*?  Will it be of any use,
> anywhere in the pkgsrc infrastructure?  If not it should be a comment
> as Johnny (IIRC) mentioned.

I don't know; probably not. (How is MAINTAINER used?  If displayed on a
web page, this is almost as useful.)  My thought is that if we are going
to agree on semantics and a have a limited set of codepoints, then the
information should be expressed in machine-parseable form to reduce
confusion and unneeded variability.  A variable lets pkglint detect
values not in the enum, but I suppose slows down make.  A commented
variable assignment seems fine in order to get the rigid semantics
without the

# MAINTAINERSTYLE=strong


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