From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 31 11:19:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from neutron.cichlids.com (as1-015.rp-plus.de [149.221.236.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABF0E15052; Mon, 31 May 1999 11:19:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from alex@cichlids.com) Received: from cichlids.cichlids.com (cichlids.cichlids.com [192.168.0.10]) by neutron.cichlids.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA78323; Mon, 31 May 1999 20:03:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from alex@cichlids.com) Received: (from alex@localhost) by cichlids.cichlids.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA12563; Mon, 31 May 1999 20:03:28 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from alex) From: Alexander Langer Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 20:03:28 +0200 To: Mark Newton Cc: Andrew Kenneth Milton , eivind@FreeBSD.ORG, abial@webgiro.com, taavi@uninet.ee, kaj@raditex.se, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a two-level port system? Message-ID: <19990531200328.A12484@cichlids.cichlids.com> References: <199905311521.BAA92145@mail.theinternet.com.au> <199905311534.BAA23855@gizmo.internode.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: <199905311534.BAA23855@gizmo.internode.com.au> X-PGP-Fingerprint: 44 28 CA 4C 46 5B D3 A8 A8 E3 BA F3 4E 60 7D 7F Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thus spake Mark Newton (newton@internode.com.au): > but for most people who just want to build a handful of ports, > browse the tree to see if there's anything cool they want, and > then forget the ports tree 'til the next upgrade, it'll cut How do you want to find out if the port fits your needs without a DESCR file? I use them very often. So - include it. Alex -- ************** I doubt, therefore I might be. ************** *** Send email to to get PGP-Key *** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message