From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IDILL-0008WK-Lc for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:14:20 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6OBDL54005810; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:13:21 GMT Received: from smtp-3.tky.hut.fi (smtp03.tky.fi [82.130.63.73]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6OBBTQB003547 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:11:30 GMT Received: from [82.130.46.196] ([82.130.46.196]) by smtp-3.tky.hut.fi (SMSSMTP 4.1.9.35) with SMTP id M2007072414112808796 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:11:28 +0300 Message-ID: <46A5DE60.50708@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:11:28 +0300 From: =?UTF-8?B?UGV0dGVyaSBSw6R0eQ==?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070620) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Forbid using versions in DESCRIPTION X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 OpenPGP: url=http://users.tkk.fi/~praty/public.asc Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig53A10A90D696B0B5D2ADBF8D" X-Archives-Salt: 6f610204-9bea-4202-a600-b67dd6e5863f X-Archives-Hash: 66d32d3bedb7e2adc1bcb3aeda2397fa This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig53A10A90D696B0B5D2ADBF8D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Currently there are some ebuilds in the tree that use ${PV} in description which leads to results like: Description: Documentation (including API Javadocs) for Java SDK version 1.6.0 I did see anything in devmanual taking a stance on this issue: http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/variables/index.html What do you think about adding a sentence or two saying that you should not use version numbers in DESCRIPTION? This could even be added to repom= an. Regards, Petteri --------------enig53A10A90D696B0B5D2ADBF8D Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGpd5gcxLzpIGCsLQRArbWAJ9a/e8QgscJXpppN+1jDJoUoi3ZhwCeKTl7 ntThdU4ghQcC76cxnwzZ5KQ= =u5J0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig53A10A90D696B0B5D2ADBF8D-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list