From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 24 01:15:11 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9E62106566B for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 01:15:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx22.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35EA08FC08 for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 01:15:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 1994 invoked by uid 399); 24 May 2010 01:15:10 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.0.145?) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 24 May 2010 01:15:10 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 18:15:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Eitan Adler In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <4BDFF264.9090608@ish.com.au> <4BE0434D.5070801@FreeBSD.org> <4BF0B985.7020707@ish.com.au> <4BF0D8DE.6020909@FreeBSD.org> <4BF0DEAC.2040605@ish.com.au> <4BF0DF8B.6040505@FreeBSD.org> <4BF4800E.1010509@ish.com.au> <4BF483C9.403@FreeBSD.org> <4BF4868A.8080305@ish.com.au> <4BF5FD79.1060802@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! OpenPGP: id=1A1ABC84 Organization: http://SupersetSolutions.com/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Jurgen Weber , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Aristedes Maniatis Subject: Re: portmaster cannot find package X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 01:15:11 -0000 On Fri, 21 May 2010, Eitan Adler wrote: >> Thanks for the suggestion, I'll definitely consider that for the next >> version. I already have problems with the documentation being long and >> detailed, whether it is too much of either is sort of in the eye of the >> beholder. :) > > Detailed documentation is almost never a problem.... It is when it becomes so long and/or complex that no one reads it. If you look in the current man page there is a "quick start" reference that was added because a couple of FreeBSD committers complained that they didn't have time to read the man page thoroughly in order to get started with it quickly. -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/ Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo Picasso