From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 19 02:41:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C52C116A423 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 02:41:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from boris@brooknet.com.au) Received: from jay.exetel.com.au (jay.exetel.com.au [220.233.0.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE7BB43D48 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 02:41:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from boris@brooknet.com.au) Received: (qmail 814 invoked by uid 507); 19 May 2006 12:41:46 +1000 Received: from 180.205.233.220.exetel.com.au (HELO ?192.168.0.157?) (220.233.205.180) by jay.exetel.com.au with SMTP; 19 May 2006 12:41:46 +1000 In-Reply-To: <200605181744.11710.daeg@houston.rr.com> References: <1BC08CCE-1820-45A5-BCAB-FE424BED0CC1@brooknet.com.au> <1147989509.69696.9.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> <200605181744.11710.daeg@houston.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v750) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <0E86699E-FC6B-435E-89E3-7839526BE127@brooknet.com.au> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Sam Lawrance Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 12:41:45 +1000 To: David J Brooks X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.750) Cc: Pav Lucistnik , freebsd ports Subject: Re: New category: geography X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 02:41:48 -0000 On 19/05/2006, at 8:44 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > On Thursday 18 May 2006 16:58, Pav Lucistnik wrote: >> Sam Lawrance p=C3=AD=C5=A1e v =C4=8Dt 18. 05. 2006 v 20:41 +1000: >>> I would like to create a new category "geography", encompassing the >>> following types of ports: >>> >>> - Mapping - editing, viewing, format conversion (eg. graphics/=20 >>> jumpgis) >>> - Geographic information systems and utilities (eg. databases/=20 >>> postgis) >>> - GPS applications (eg. astro/gpsman) >>> - Weather (eg. astro/gdesklets-goodweather) >>> - Other software/services related to location (eg. net/GeoIP) >> >> Excuse me, pal, but how exactly does weather fit into a geographical >> applications? > > My guess would be that Meteorology is being considered as a subset =20 > of Geology, > which isn't really the same as Geography. I don't think so. They don't train up geologists so they can sit =20 around in the coal mine looking at the weather all day. > It dosn't really fit well in Astronomy either. Personally, I would =20 > think that > weather apps would fit best in ports/science unless there are =20 > enough of them > to justify their own category of ports/wx I agree that it doesn't fit in astronomy. However, I am not =20 considering moving ports to anything except a "geography" category.