From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 9 20:33:33 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 3B1B016A420 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 20:33:33 +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 4F83443D7D for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 20:33:19 +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 <0IVV004BUNRIIJA0@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 09 Mar 2006 21:33:18 +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 <0IVV00D3SNRHXQ50@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 09 Mar 2006 21:33:18 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 21:33:23 +0100 From: Vaaf In-reply-to: <44108831.4070400@yahoo.com> To: Steel City Phantom , questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <7.0.1.0.2.20060309213226.022c5550@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> <44108831.4070400@yahoo.com> Cc: 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 20:33:33 -0000 At 20:55 09.03.2006, Steel City Phantom wrote: > This is a useful idea, but i don't think you have to go and develop a > whole new site to make it happen. simply take the existing ports > search application ([1]www.freebsd.com/ports) and make some small > modifications to it. stuff like when the search results come up, when > you click on the name of the app, instead of taking you to the CVS, it > takes you to the blog for that app where the long description is the > starting article. then you can add all the rating stuff and whatever > you want below that. > also, a link to the homepage for the app would be nice. im constantly > searching freebsd ports and then in another tab searching google for > the app i just found to figure out what in the world it is. > i realize it would be double work for some maintainers but it can be > written to be fairly automated im sure. and the port maintainers can > just leave it up to the users to maintain the blog part if they like. > Steel City Phantom :) Thank you for your input! Best regards, Vaaf