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cc: mtaylor@gateway.cybernet.com (Mark J. Taylor), hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: httpd as part of the system. 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 25 Mar 95 13:18:30 +0100."
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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 08:45:20 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com>
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We could retain the "catagory" information from the /usr/ports hierarchy
somehow; that already groups ports pretty well..

Hey, Marc, speaking of which:  You ever going to send me an update to
pkg_manage? :-)

						Jordan

> > 
> > Question:
> > Should there be the concept of meta-packages?  Ones which are just a
> > collection of other packages, that is.  If this was done, then there could
> > be the 'super network' meta pack, and the 'security' meta pack, etc.
> > Or should there just be some sort of menu listing each package
> > individually, and let the sysadmin select them out?
> > How about a combination of the two, where the contents of the meta-package
> > are displayed, and the sysadmin has the option to install
> > anything/everything in the group?
> > 
> I like this idea and it can be easily accomplished by grouping the 
> packages in directories.
> 
> Marc.
>