From owner-cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 18 15:49:54 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7265B16A4D5; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:49:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (glewis.dsl.xmission.com [166.70.56.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54B1443D5C; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:49:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (localhost.eyesbeyond.com [127.0.0.1]) j1IFnnj0068031; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:49:50 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: (from glewis@localhost) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j1IFnmAV068030; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:49:48 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) X-Authentication-Warning: misty.eyesbeyond.com: glewis set sender to glewis@eyesbeyond.com using -f Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:49:47 -0700 From: Greg Lewis To: Anders Nordby Message-ID: <20050218154947.GA67883@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <200502151450.j1FEoAxk020983@repoman.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=unknown-8bit Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200502151450.j1FEoAxk020983@repoman.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: cvs-ports@freebsd.org cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/java Makefile ports/java/drexelsnmp Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist X-BeenThere: cvs-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the ports tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:49:54 -0000 On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 02:50:10PM +0000, Anders Nordby wrote: > anders 2005-02-15 14:50:10 UTC > > FreeBSD ports repository > > Modified files: > java Makefile > Added files: > java/drexelsnmp Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist > Log: > Add drexelsnmp, another Java SNMP package. > > Sponsored by: University of Tromsų & University of Bergen Not to pick on Anders, but I've noticed other people doing this and figured they may not be aware of this. From the porters handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefile-categories.html): "The java category shall not be the only one for a port. Save for ports directly related to the Java language, porters are also encouraged not to use java as the main category of a port." In this case it looks like the primary category should have been net-mgmt. Yes, this has been clarified quite recently and yes, there are a lot of ports which have java as the main category for historical reasons that probably shouldn't. Just consider not putting new ports there. Thanks. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org