cvs commit: ports KNOBS

[Alexander Nedotsukov]

Ceri Davies wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 12:01:16PM -0500, Michael Johnson wrote:
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>> On Nov 5, 2005, at 8:06 AM, Ceri Davies wrote:
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>>> On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 06:59:55AM +0000, Michael Johnson wrote:
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>>>> ahze        2005-11-05 06:59:55 UTC
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>>>>  FreeBSD ports repository
>>>>
>>>>  Added files:
>>>>    .                    KNOBS
>>>>  Log:
>>>>  - Add KNOBS, this file has a list of popular knobs with a short
>>>>    description of what the knob is and does. The intent is to
>>>>    help porters keep like-name knobs through out the ports tree
>>>>    and end-users have a single file they can look up knobs in.
>>>>
>>>>  Limitations to KNOBS: In the future we plan to add support for  
>>>> OPTIONS
>>>>     to support the KNOBS file, and so dialog(1) will be able to  
>>>> handle the
>>>>     size of each knob knob-name's are limited to 12 characters and
>>>>     knob-descriptions are limited to 45 characters, not including  
>>>> the
>>>>     white space between the knob-name and knob-description.
>>>>
>>>>  Naming knobs: When a port has a lib-prefix (ie: libquicktime,  
>>>> libxine)
>>>>     the lib-prefix should be stripped from the knob name.
>>>>     (ie: QUICKTIME, XINE)
>>>>
>>>>  Based around:   brain storm ideas from mezz and I
>>>>  Approved by:    portmgr
>>>>
>>>>  Revision  Changes    Path
>>>>  1.1       +91 -0     ports/KNOBS (new)
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Am I the only person who couldn't stop sniggering when they read this?
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>> Just wonder why this is funny? I don't see what it is.
>>     
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> Oh, it's the word "knob", that's all.  It's an extremely juvenile slang
> term for the penis here in .uk, but that didn't stop me giggling at a
> mail full of knobs.
>   
Imagine how .au guys feels about receiving mail from Charlie *Root* 
every day? ;-)
> Ceri
>