Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 22:47:22 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 199360] [wishlist] ports tree layout (names and hierarchy) could be more user friendly and less "nerd'ish" Message-ID: <bug-199360-13@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199360 Bug ID: 199360 Summary: [wishlist] ports tree layout (names and hierarchy) could be more user friendly and less "nerd'ish" Product: Ports & Packages Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: Ports Framework Assignee: portmgr@FreeBSD.org Reporter: torsten.eichstaedt@web.de CC: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org 1. The ports tree is too "nerd'ish" - 'lang' contains programming language stuff, but non-techies would expect human language stuff. It could be a subdir of 'devel', and (the top-level) 'lang' (or 'international') could contain all the subdirs related to human languages. - The "meta" directories should all begin with an upper letter or be all uppercase to distinguish them from folders containing the ports, i.e. 'packages' and 'distfiles' 2. Some ports clutter the tree with dozens (to thousands) of small sub-ports, to name some: pear* (464!), py-* (1565!!), p5-* (5122!!!),... These could be in appropiate sub-dirs under 'groupware', 'devel', etc. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
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