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> In my opinion, the text "# @DESCRIPTION" in an eclass is more than
> enough for readability, and setting DESCRIPTION only serves to
> contaminate the environment. The is especially true for the following
> eclasses that set the DESCRIPTION from the subject:
>
> ozzie eclass # grep 'DESCRIPTION="Based on the ' *.eclass
> cannadic.eclass:DESCRIPTION="Based on the $ECLASS eclass"
> confutils.eclass:DESCRIPTION="Based on the ${ECLASS} eclass"
> embassy.eclass:DESCRIPTION="Based on the $ECLASS eclass"
> eutils.eclass:DESCRIPTION="Based on the ${ECLASS} eclass"
> games.eclass:DESCRIPTION="Based on the ${ECLASS} eclass"
> gnatbuild.eclass:DESCRIPTION="Based on the ${ECLASS} eclass"
> gnuconfig.eclass:DESCRIPTION="Based on the ${ECLASS} eclass"
> libtool.eclass:DESCRIPTION="Based on the ${ECLASS} eclass"
> linux-mod.eclass:DESCRIPTION="Based on the $ECLASS eclass"
> nsplugins.eclass:DESCRIPTION="Based on the ${ECLASS} eclass"
> perl-module.eclass:DESCRIPTION="Based on the $ECLASS eclass"
> qmail.eclass:DESCRIPTION="Based on the ${ECLASS} eclass"
> toolchain-funcs.eclass:DESCRIPTION="Based on the ${ECLASS} eclass"
>
> Although these are the ones that make me the most unhappy, I see no
> purpose for setting DESCRIPTION in any eclass as it really serves no
> purpose to source the eclass then source the ebuild 0.01s later and
> overwrite the DESCRIPTION. Fixing this is not difficult, unlikely to
> affect anything, but will help avoid one tiny little annoyance that
> really looks like a relic from a time long long ago.
Right, it forbids repoman perform DESCRIPTION.missing check
and makes no sense in multiple inheritance case.
metadata/md5-cache:LANG=C fgrep -R "Based on " .
./sys-fs/sysfsutils-2.1.0:DESCRIPTION=System Utilities Based on Sysfs
None of in-tree users relies on the value. Thus you can wipe them while
nobody is watching :]
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Sergei
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