From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KnBBu-0003PV-94 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:57:26 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8FCF7E0329; Tue, 7 Oct 2008 11:57:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64876E0329 for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2008 11:57:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27BCA64755 for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2008 11:57:24 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.475 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.475 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.057, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=2.067] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Nd8tAzpvwIeq for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2008 11:57:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6532664731 for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2008 11:57:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KnBBZ-0001u6-4F for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:57:05 +0000 Received: from 91.85.163.77 ([91.85.163.77]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:57:05 +0000 Received: from slong by 91.85.163.77 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:57:05 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Steve Long Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Projects without a homepage, and valid contents of HOMEPAGE (per bug 239268) Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:46:24 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20081005104420.GE15949@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net> <20081005212329.3ac8b68e@googlemail.com> <200810052355.43253.bangert@gentoo.org> <200810061559.46534.rbu@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 91.85.163.77 User-Agent: KNode/0.10.9 Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 3c8f2be7-ad08-42ae-9f7c-e94444f611d2 X-Archives-Hash: b113f00a01053a4f5e68bc14ea81a1b6 Robert Buchholz wrote: > On Sunday 05 October 2008, Thilo Bangert wrote: >> Ciaran McCreesh said: >> > On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 03:44:20 -0700 >> > >> > "Robin H. Johnson" wrote: >> > > Either we need special cases to declare that it no longer has a >> > > homepage, or we need to allow the empty HOMEPAGE. >> > >> > HOMEPAGE="( )" >> >> HOMEPAGE="http://this-package-has-no-homepage.gentoo.org/" > > Why not use our package site for this, i.e. > HOMEPAGE="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/${CAT}/${PN}" > > i.e. for this particular use case, > http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-mobilephone/smssend > > The site contains a link to ChangeLog, description, current version, > forums and bugs. I would suggest it is the most usable homepage a user > can expect if no other exists. > ++ This makes the most sense; it's simple and it enables users to interact with the appropriate channels to get support, or file bugs and patches. If a notice is needed, the website can be amended to state explicitly that upstream is dead (if the homepage points to self.)