From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Jun 5 3:12:30 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from server1.mich.com (server1.mich.com [198.108.16.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB37337BC6E; Mon, 5 Jun 2000 03:12:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from will@almanac.yi.org) Received: from almanac.yi.org (pm006-009.dialup.bignet.net [64.79.80.249]) by server1.mich.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id GAA09626; Mon, 5 Jun 2000 06:12:24 -0400 Received: by almanac.yi.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AEF381949; Mon, 5 Jun 2000 06:11:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 06:11:31 -0400 From: Will Andrews To: Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami Cc: Kris Kennaway , Will Andrews , ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/archivers Makefile ports/archivers/macutil Makefile ports/archivers/macutil/files md5 ports/archivers/macutil/patches patch-aa ports/archivers/macutil/pkg COMMENT DESCR PLIST Message-ID: <20000605061131.I2974@argon.gryphonsoft.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from asami@FreeBSD.org on Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 11:26:07PM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 11:26:07PM -0700, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote: > * Okay, then I vote for moving them. Utilities which extract files from > * archives belong in the archivers category. This is my vote too. > However, note that the reason why we originally put them in the > emulators directory is that it is often a very fine line between > emulators and archivers for foreign operating systems. What > constitutes "emulation" is not easy to define. For instance, should a > program that can read Apple format floppies be in emulators or > archivers? What if it can also decode binhex? Or what about a > program that can read CP/M format floppies? What if it provided an > interface like the CCP? (Now I'm dating myself. :) Well, you know.. it's not exactly emulation since, with these programs (source code, too, not just binaries like vmware and friends), we can handle these archives. Besides, I think the "specificality" clause comes in play here. Don't you think that "archivers" is more specific than "emulators" ? After all, where else would things like "vmware", "wine", "truereality", etc. go? > Also, they are usually grouped together even if their functionality > are diferent, so if we move the extraction-only programs to archivers, > users will have to search both archivers and emulators to find > something that can read binhex. Not if they know about ``make search key''. :-> -- Will Andrews GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message