From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Aug 5 12:46:49 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4400537B400 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 12:46:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail13.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B123F43E72 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 12:46:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 18256 invoked from network); 5 Aug 2002 19:46:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO branwen.sfo.geekhouse.net) ([66.93.128.72]) (envelope-sender ) by mail13.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 5 Aug 2002 19:46:42 -0000 Received: from branwen.sfo.geekhouse.net (jim@localhost.sfo.geekhouse.net [127.0.0.1]) by branwen.sfo.geekhouse.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g75Jkfll097237; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 12:46:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from jim@localhost) by branwen.sfo.geekhouse.net (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g75JkfsA097236; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 12:46:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 12:46:41 -0700 From: Jim Mock To: Tom Rhodes Cc: dan@langille.org, anderson@centtech.com, Ross Lippert , blackend@FreeBSD.org, cjuniet@entreview.com, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/41106: FreeBSD Handbook lacks "Desktop Applications" chapter. Message-ID: <20020805194641.GB13858@branwen.sfo.geekhouse.net> Reply-To: jim@FreeBSD.org References: <200208051455.HAA18220@eskimo.com> <3D4E9C88.7040308@centtech.com> <3D4E9E06.8000201@pittgoth.com> <3D4E9E8E.8080505@centtech.com> <3D4EA461.4010606@pittgoth.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D4EA461.4010606@pittgoth.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 05 Aug 2002 at 12:14:25 -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: > Eric Anderson wrote: > >Tom Rhodes wrote: > >>It sounds impossible with over 7000 ports and only around 100 port > >>committers. Considering feature changes when ports are updated, > >>along with the fact that a handful of people just don't use the > >>ports they Maintain, just make sure it builds ;) > >> > >>Lets not make the FreeBSD committer's jobs more difficult than they > >>already are :P > > > >WO! I'm not suggesting the ports committers would do this in > >addition! I'm suggesting we have separate volunteers for this > >function - basically, anyone can submit a "port review", and there > >would be a small number of people actually committing the port > >reviews to the site. There are 7000 ports, that are maintained, > >committed, etc, by how many port committers? I'm certain that not > >all would be reviewed (although that would be nice), and that > >committing a review would not be as time consuming as tracking a port > >itself, so I don't think it would require that many people to > >"commit" the port reviews. I'm of course offering to do it. > > The idea isn't bad, but it should be seperate from the FreeBSD > project, mainly because I dislike good/bad reviews of third party > software on the main site. Regardless if its helpful for people or > not, it doesn't look good. Perhaps I'm being wierd about it, but its > a good idea as long as its kept seperate from the main project ;) > Thats my .02 hehe I agree with Tom here. Another thing also comes into play if it's part of the main site and you're using a database -- mirroring. This is why the site isn't currently dynamic. For more discussion on that topic, check the -doc archives (where it's been beaten to death numerous times over the last few years). However, I don't have any problem whatsoever with it being separate, and I don't see putting a link (or links) to it on the existing web site. Hmm, now that I think about this, I wonder if it can be somehow tied into FreshPorts, since that already exists. I've Cc'd Dan on this message to see what he thinks of the whole thing. - jim -- jim mock jim@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message