From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Jul 5 5:14: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from dfw-ix8.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix8.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C70414C3D for ; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 05:13:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from asami@cs.berkeley.edu) Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix8.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id HAA15463; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 07:13:39 -0500 (CDT) Received: from sji-ca4-70.ix.netcom.com(205.186.212.198) by dfw-ix8.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id rma015440; Mon Jul 5 07:13:05 1999 Received: (from asami@localhost) by silvia.hip.berkeley.edu (8.9.3/8.6.9) id FAA07459; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 05:12:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 05:12:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199907051212.FAA07459@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: silvia.hip.berkeley.edu: asami set sender to asami@cs.berkeley.edu using -f To: anders@fix.no Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <19990705082645.A47628@totem.fix.no> (message from Anders Nordby on Mon, 5 Jul 1999 08:26:45 +0200) Subject: Re: suggest new "ftp" category From: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami) References: <19990704122603.A96646@dragon.nuxi.com> <199907050317.UAA99681@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <19990705082645.A47628@totem.fix.no> Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * From: Anders Nordby * But programs like downloader, wget, lftp and pavuk downloads through http * as well as ftp. Some of them are not DESCRibed as ftp programs either. How * about a filetransfer category instead, or net-transfer? If we were to sort * out all programs in their own categories by protocol, we'd have a lot of * them. Though if we sort them out by their basis functionality it'd be * easier. Easier for who? I think clear-cut categories are easier for users to find stuff than general "let's put this and this here so we'll have more numbers" type categories. (Same goes for irc/icq vs. chat.) Not that I'm saying "filetransfer" is too generic, but "ftp" is too nice to pass up. We can always add "www" as a secondary category for those who speak both. -PW To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message