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Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 18:53:13 -0500
From: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net>
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Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, Martin Wilke <freebsd@unixfreunde.de>
Subject: Re: new categorie "meta" ?
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On Mon, 22 May 2006 21:18:05 +0200
Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> Vulpes Velox p=C3=AD=C5=A1e v ne 21. 05. 2006 v 20:09 -0500:
> > On Sun, 21 May 2006 23:48:50 +0200
> > Martin Wilke <freebsd@unixfreunde.de> wrote:
> >=20
> > > Hi Friends,
> > >=20
> > > since creating new categories comes in vogue lately I just
> > > wanted to ask what you think about creating a categorie called
> > > "META". Why you should do that is simple: There are enough
> > > ports serving as meta ports. These include:
> > >=20
> > > lang/php4-extensions
> > > lang/php5-extensions
> > > x11/xorg
> > > x11/gnome2
> > > x11/gnome2-lite
> > > x11/kde3
> > > x11/kde-lite
> > > x11-wm/xfce4
> > >=20
> > > usw.
> > >=20
> > > That would lead to a clearer layout and improved overview of
> > > large applications (esp for newbies).
> >=20
> > I agree with the rest that it is a bad idea. I do think the
> > though of tagging everything that is a meta port with meta-
> > though. Like with linux binary ports are done. The only one that
> > makes me consider this being a bad idea is x11/xorg, but not
> > quite sure why immediately.
>=20
> pkg_add -r meta-gnome2
> pkg_add -r meta-kde3
> pkg_add -r meta-xfce4
>=20
> Do you think this is intuitive? :)

Would a answer of yes surprise you? ^_^