Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 01:20:47 -0400 From: parv <parv@pair.com> To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Splitting up ports. Message-ID: <20020602052047.GA99785@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20020602100945.B553@k7.mavetju> References: <20020602092819.A553@k7.mavetju> <200206012353.DAA28623@aaz.links.ru> <20020602100945.B553@k7.mavetju>
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in message <20020602100945.B553@k7.mavetju>, wrote Edwin Groothuis
thusly...
>
> On Sun, Jun 02, 2002 at 03:53:01AM +0400, "."@babolo.ru wrote:
> >
...
> > Let's look at any p5-* port. For example
> > ports/databases/p5-SQL-Statement Assume I do something with SQL.
> > Need I in p5-SQL-Statement? No. never. I need (may be) it ONLY
> > if I program something with perl5.
>
> You forget that the ports are sorted on their functionality, not
> on their requirements. So to counter your example, if I'm
> interested in database programming under perl, I'm not interested
> in [modules unrelated to sql] , but they would still be there. If
> you're interested in SQL, that's database related so you can find
> it in ports/databases (functionality!),
(i paraphrased "[modules ... sql]" above.)
i agree that ports should be organized on their functionality ...
but why is java a special case having its own separate physical
category but not in "lang" along w/ all other computer languages?
{ i suppose java the language is in its own _first_class_
directory because of large number of various implementations
(57[0]) which outdo ruby & python, the languages, related ports
(27 combined). but still... }
...whenever i see that, i get irked to see various perl modules, for
example, distributed as they are; they should have been in their own
first class category/directory, along w/ perl5 of course.
[0] numbers are from a 6000+ tree, not 7000+, and from java & lang
subtree. most of kde, gnome, emacs, languages other than english,
etc. related ports are omitted.
- parv
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