On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 12:01:16PM -0500, Michael Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > On Nov 5, 2005, at 8:06 AM, Ceri Davies wrote: > > >On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 06:59:55AM +0000, Michael Johnson wrote: > > > >>ahze 2005-11-05 06:59:55 UTC > >> > >> 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? > > Just wonder why this is funny? I don't see what it is.
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. Ceri -- Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Einstein (attrib.)
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