Subject: Re: adding comments, TODOs
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 02/19/2003 15:05:46
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Julio Merino wrote:

> What kind of comments?

Stuff like:

# todo: provide example inittab

Or:

# todo: maybe have option to copy to /boot in addition or instead of PREFIX/boot

> Actually, some Makefile's already include minor notes like "do this when
> updating", or "this package uses ncurses because it needs x function" or
> other things like these. Maybe greping for the XXX string in Makefile's
> will show some of them. I guess that including comments in Makefiles is
> good.

I have seen some of these XXX. I will use that "XXX" for my notes too.

Thanks,

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/