Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:34:43 +0200 From: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Marcus Alves Grando <mnag@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/archivers Makefile ports/archivers/deb2targz Makefile distinfo pkg-descr Message-ID: <1127939683.77088.29.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> In-Reply-To: <20050928184318.GA66358@FreeBSD.org> References: <200509281637.j8SGbaeh029958@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050928184318.GA66358@FreeBSD.org>
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Alexey Dokuchaev píše v st 28. 09. 2005 v 18:43 +0000:
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 04:37:35PM +0000, Marcus Alves Grando wrote:
> > mnag 2005-09-28 16:37:35 UTC
> >
> > FreeBSD ports repository
> >
> > Modified files:
> > archivers Makefile
> > Added files:
> > archivers/deb2targz Makefile distinfo pkg-descr
> > Log:
> > New port
> >
> > deb2targz is a very small perl script for converting Debian Linux .deb packages
> > to a .tar.gz. deb2targz does not need any external programs like 'ar' or 'tar'.
>
> I really think that it's about time for us to augment the meaning of
> "converters" category (right now it only says about character code
> conversions). There lots of software in ports already that are best
> described by being a _converter_, and IMHO lots of our users would start
> looking for one exactly in this category, and would probably get frustrated
> to find out it's not there.
Program that transforms one archive type to another is 100% "archivers"
candidate.
--
Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz>
<pav@FreeBSD.org>
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