From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 9 20:32:09 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2DB316A420 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 20:32:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vaaf@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D00143D55 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 20:32:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vaaf@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IVV004ALNPKIGA0@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 09 Mar 2006 21:32:08 +0100 (CET) Received: from urban.broadpark.no ([213.187.181.70]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IVV00BIUNPJSXM0@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 09 Mar 2006 21:32:08 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 21:32:13 +0100 From: Vaaf In-reply-to: To: David Stanford Message-id: <7.0.1.0.2.20060309212716.022b8140@broadpark.no> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060308204431.0225c438@broadpark.no> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Let's make a FreeBSD ports blog! CCCCOOOL =) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 20:32:09 -0000 At 20:46 09.03.2006, David Stanford wrote: >Vaaf, > >14,187 ports... >http://www.freebsd.org/ports/. Sounds >like a good idea to me. What kind of help are you looking for? > >-David > >On 3/8/06, Kristian Vaaf <vaaf@broadpark.no> wrote: > >Hey! > >There are about 10.000 ports, am I right? > >Not all FreeBSD users have the time to go through all >of the package descriptions. But definitely all FreeBSD users >have their share of favorite ports, and are interested in >finding new ports that may compliment their lives. > >Not is the ports collection already too big for the average >human intellect. It also continues to span. New programs >appear on a daily basis, however there's nothing to >grasp their presence and determine their quality > >I see this as a chance to promote FreeBSD to desktop >users, which is what this project lacks. It has everything to >make it superior to all the other open source operating >systems, but nothing to really let it out in the open. > >Imagine a FreeBSD ports blog that tries to gather data >on the most popular ports, sorted by ratings, downloads etc. >In addition, it posts articles every now and then telling >people about recent discoveries made among all the 10.000 >ports. This could be a great thing! > >I am aware of freshports.org, this would be >totally different. >I know a thing or two about design, and could make the >site look something like lounge72.com or >linkdup.com. >I have high speed hosting all standing by. A splendid name >for it as well :D > >So, who's game? :) > >All the best, >Vaaf > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hey David! Thank you for such urgent response. We need someone to do the coding, XHTML/CSS, though some Ruby and Ajax too wouldn't hurt, so we can have a decent system in the back, and in the front be able to present information in a very intuitive way. Then, we'd need lots of members to write articles, rate ports and such. I'd have to come up with some wording. And ofcourse a design. Thank you so much for your interest! Speak to you soon, Vaaf