Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 14:42:21 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposal 5: utils -> misc Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951122143919.8452A-100000@espresso.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199511221330.FAA05009@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, 22 Nov 1995, Satoshi Asami wrote: > The category "utils" has never lived up to its expectation where > people put in all sort of useful utilities -- in fact, most of the > things in the ports tree is a great utility in one way or another! :) > > And this naming is confusing at best, so I suggest changing it to > "misc". That way it will be much clearer that it's not really a > category on its own right, but sort of a "catch-all" for things that > don't really belong elsewhere (and looking at the current population, > this is what they exactly are). > > We can also move games/astrolog in accordance to Andrey's old > complaint. :) I don't see any reason not to let you do what you want, but this change seems to be a little more gratuitous than all the rest. I mean, like you say, everything is Unix is a utility, so I don't see where "misc" gives any more or less info to users than "utils". > > Satoshi > ============================================================================ Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu -- I run FreeBSD on n3lxx and Journey2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dilbert Zone is Dilbert's new WWW home! The area features never-before-seen original sketches of Dilbert, a photo tour of Scott Adams' studio, Dilbert Trivia and memorabilia, high school photos and much more!: <URL:http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/>;
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.SUN.3.91.951122143919.8452A-100000>