On 08/05/2013 01:10 PM, Michael Weber wrote: > On 08/05/2013 01:01 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: >> It isn't a bad idea to still post on -dev. Maintainers should be >> removing the local definitions, and just because a decision seems like >> the obviously-correct one doesn't mean that it is. > Follow-up question: Should _I_ remove the identical local definitions as > non-maint commit? > > 12:38 AM, Michael Weber wrote: >> "git - Enable git (version control system) support" > > NO - different description : > > app-admin/pass:git - Use dev-vcs/git for password revisions. > app-editors/gedit-plugins:git - Shows document changes related to git's HEAD > dev-util/metro:git - Enable support for git snapshots > sys-devel/gettext:git - When running `autopoint`, use git to store the > internal development files; this requires git at runtime, but will be > faster/smaller than raw archives
don't change anything that looks only slightly different I personally feel that descriptions should be as clear as possible. They generic ones in use.desc often tell you nothing and are really only a fallback. > > YES - approx. same description: > > app-portage/layman:git - Support dev-vcs/git based overlays don't change > dev-python/anyvc:git - Add support for Git remove > dev-qt/qt-creator:git - Add support for dev-vcs/git version control system remove > dev-util/monodevelop:git - Enable Git version control support remove > dev-vcs/cvs2svn:git - Support for dev-vcs/git remove > dev-vcs/fromcvs:git - Add support for conversion to dev-vcs/git repositories don't change > dev-vcs/rabbitvcs:git - Enable plugin for dev-vcs/git don't change > kde-base/dolphin-plugins:git - Enable support for the git VCS remove > xfce-extra/thunar-vcs-plugin:git - Enable dev-vcs/git support remove >