Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 00:44:27 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erich@alogt.com> To: "A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven" <freebsd@skysmurf.nl> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RfD] Merging fortune ports Message-ID: <20131222004427.0b4733f8@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <20131221142710.GA50067@spectrum.skysmurf.nl> References: <20131221142710.GA50067@spectrum.skysmurf.nl>
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Hi, On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 15:27:10 +0100 "A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven" <freebsd@skysmurf.nl> wrote: > I happened to notice that there are already several misc/fortune* > ports and it takes only the slightest bit of imagination to come up > with several more. Hell, I alone can think of at least a dozen or so. > However, we probably don't want to fill the ports tree with a whole > bunch of ports that are pretty much the same except for the one or > two files they install. Moreover, who is to say which fortune ports > get accepted and which don't? This got me thinking: > > Would it be a good idea to merge all fortune* ports into one and use > the OPTIONS framework to let the user select which cookie jar(s) they > wish to install? this is a good idea. Erich
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