#39051: The example portfile in the "doc" folder of base should pass lint --------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: egall@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.1.3 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: exampleport | --------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by larryv@…): Replying to [comment:8 egall@…]:
People who've downloaded the source tarball and don't want to open a web browser just to view documentation? It's common practice to include documentation in source tarballs; people expect docs to be in source tarballs, or else they wouldn't keep including them in their own source tarballs.
There’s a difference between the documentation that is //installed// and the documentation that is //only in the tarball//. I maintain that removing whatever documentation is not installed (e.g., moving `INTERNALS` somewhere else in the repository and deleting `exampleport`) would result in negligible, if not zero, complaints. (Excluding documentation that’s actually relevant to the distributing the source, like `LICENSE` and `NEWS`.) -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39051#comment:11> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X