Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:36:09 -0800 (PST) From: "Peter Leftwich" <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: <ports@freebsd.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Suggestion to display date/time of port addition or modification Message-ID: <16767.63.109.229.13.1069202169.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com>
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RE: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=gimp&stype=all [1] Two quick questions/suggestions if I may? Has the "ports team" ever considered including the date/time of when the port was added or modified? This could be displayed as a time code, such as "20031118" (today's date) and appear on the line that says: Description : Sources : Package : Changes : Download [2] I do not understand the usefulness nor see the "beauty" of the current method of installing ports. Why must a user download elementary "instructions" for programs A, B, C, D, through Z when all he or she may want are programs P and Q which require libraries B, C, D, and E? In other words, have the people in the know ever considered making it possible to download one tarballed directory, whose Makefile could figure out which other tarballed directories are needed and "fetch" them in sequence? This seems far simpler than 19 megs of unnecessary files that may never be used possibly. Thank you for listening, hopefully my remarks generate some discussion. -- Peter Leftwich, President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039, USA http://Www.Video2Video.Com PS: Please reply-to-all or explicitly CC me in your reply. Appreciate it.
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