Re: [gentoo-dev] Ebuild Readability Issues

[foser <foser@foser.warande.net>]

Rafael Cordones Marcos wrote:
> Yes, but, lets face it, documentation allways lags behind code. That's
> why if I see an ebuild that conains a reference to ${PACKAGE_NAME} I do
> not have to goo look for any documentation to understand what it means
> (as compared to ${P}).

Let's face it, using those longer names would make ebuilds bigger, 
uglier and probably faultier :the longer the varname, the higher the 
risk of mistakes. Given the amount of times these vars are used it would 
probably also increase the portage tree a few megs in size, i don't 
think that's acceptable.

The best way to learn about ebuilds and variables inside them is still 
looking at other ebuilds.

- foser


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