From owner-freebsd-eclipse@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 20 16:13:25 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-eclipse@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-eclipse@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2643F16A41F; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:13:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from lakecmmtao06.coxmail.com (lakecmmtao06.coxmail.com [68.99.120.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 252E343D64; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:13:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from dns1 ([64.58.171.82]) by lakecmmtao06.coxmail.com (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20051020161331.KEMB25114.lakecmmtao06.coxmail.com@dns1>; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:13:31 -0400 From: Vizion To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:08:15 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <200510150015.j9F0ExKr085847@sakura.ninth-nine.com> <1B8112AF-8C0E-4BA0-8D1C-DA6AD529F327@softweyr.com> <43539EB0.5010005@iang.org> In-Reply-To: <43539EB0.5010005@iang.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200510200908.24006.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:45:59 +0000 Cc: Wes Peters , wes@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-eclipse@FreeBSD.org, mitsuru@riken.jp, tux@pinguru.net, Norikatsu Shigemura , rtdean@cytherianage.net, sugimura@jp.FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, Mark Linimon , Ian G Subject: Re: [SUGGEST] Reform eclipse and eclipse related ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-eclipse@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "FreeBSD users of eclipse EDI, tools, rich client apps & ports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:13:25 -0000 On Monday 17 October 2005 05:53, the author Ian G contributed to the dialogue on- Re: [SUGGEST] Reform eclipse and eclipse related ports: >(To all) > >Wes Peters wrote: >> That's exactly the point I was (and am) trying to argue against. I >> have to resort to 'make search' to find emacs tools these days because >> they've been thrown all over the ports system by well-meaning but >> misguided contributors, and I'd hate to see that happen to eclipse >> tools too. > >As the directory structure imposes Big->Small naming >on the ports, and this is always going to be inadequate. >Many ports will have multiple namings and multiple >ways of indexing that make lots of sense. The directory >structure gives one indexing and one name only though. > >The problem is not where Eclipse or a plugin is located, >rather, it is that the directory structure cannot support >anything more complex than the simplest naming schemes. So what could be more simple than /usr/ports/eclipse? > >Moving Eclipse does not change this, only improving >the search tools can help here. So what is needed >is something that deals with: > > searchports eclipse plugin python > >or somesuch. > >iang > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-java@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-java >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-java-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing bound for Europe via Panama Canal after completing engineroom refit.