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From: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org>
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Cc: Marcus Alves Grando <mnag@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org,
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/archivers Makefile ports/archivers/deb2targz
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Alexey Dokuchaev p=ED=B9e 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
> >=20
> >   FreeBSD ports repository
> >=20
> >   Modified files:
> >     archivers            Makefile=20
> >   Added files:
> >     archivers/deb2targz  Makefile distinfo pkg-descr=20
> >   Log:
> >   New port
> >  =20
> >   deb2targz is a very small perl script for converting Debian Linux .de=
b packages
> >   to a .tar.gz. deb2targz does not need any external programs like 'ar'=
 or 'tar'.
>=20
> 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 frustrat=
ed
> to find out it's not there.

Program that transforms one archive type to another is 100% "archivers"
candidate.

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Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz>
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