From owner-freebsd-www Sun Aug 17 21:41:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA23516 for www-outgoing; Sun, 17 Aug 1997 21:41:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from greyfox.digex.net (greyfox.digex.net [206.205.168.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA23473 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 1997 21:41:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jtodd@localhost) by greyfox.digex.net (8.8.1/8.8.1) id AAA27671 for www@freebsd.org; Mon, 18 Aug 1997 00:41:19 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199708180441.AAA27671@greyfox.digex.net> Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) X-Nextstep-Mailer: Mail 3.3 (Enhance 2.0b5) Received: by NeXT.Mailer (1.118.2) From: John Todd Date: Mon, 18 Aug 97 00:41:17 -0400 To: www@freebsd.org Subject: Comments on the "ports" project Reply-To: jtodd@digex.net X-Loop: : jtodd@digex.net Sender: owner-freebsd-www@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Since I don't really know of the "general" list to send this, I'll send it to you in the hopes that you can pass it along to the appropriate persons. The "ports" project wins MAJOR points in making UNIX an environment that gives me less stress. The ability to essentially "point and click" on a package is AMAZING. I'm fairly proficient in getting and installing packages by myself, but the pain-in-the-ass value is very high, esp. when moving to a new platform, as my current situation is with BSD. Finding the "authoratative" site, finding the patches, compiling the stuff, debugging, blah blah blah. Your stuff makes that short work, but I can still get into the code and dig around if I want to. Thanks for the effort! You're making the transition go far more painlessly than I ever imagined. JT --- John Todd - Director, Business Connectivity Technical Support jtodd@digex.net - 301-847-5167 (direct) - 301-847-5082 (fax) 24-hour Support Line - 301-847-5200 DIGEX, Inc.