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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Projects without a homepage, and valid contents
	of HOMEPAGE (per bug 239268)
From: Peter Volkov <pva@gentoo.org>
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=D0=92 =D0=9F=D0=BD=D0=B4, 06/10/2008 =D0=B2 15:59 +0200, Robert Buchholz=
 =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82:
> On Sunday 05 October 2008, Thilo Bangert wrote:
> > HOMEPAGE=3D"http://this-package-has-no-homepage.gentoo.org/"
>=20
> Why not use our package site for this, i.e.
> HOMEPAGE=3D"http://packages.gentoo.org/package/${CAT}/${PN}"

This is not homepage. HOMEPAGE should point to "package dependent
information" or in other words to upstream. Then why point to some site
which has nothing to do with upstream?

Same stands to existent or nonexistent link on gentoo.org or any other
domain. This is even worth as this solution also makes users to open
another page which just tell them that homepage does not exist...

So I think if HOMEPAGE does not exist then it's better either put some
constant there or better make it empty. If we wish, for packages with
empty HOMEPAGE we can teach tools like emerge -s or eix to show "Home
page unknown" or "Homepage does not exist". Simple and clear, what else
do we need? :)

--=20
Peter.