Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 20:55:12 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> Cc: cy@FreeBSD.ORG, andrew@ugh.net.au, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/37290: New port: tool for setting the title of xterms Message-ID: <200204210355.g3L3tIn36062@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> of "Sun, 21 Apr 2002 13:21:59 %2B1000." <20020421132159.B56612@k7.mavetju.org>
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In message <20020421132159.B56612@k7.mavetju.org>, Edwin Groothuis
writes:
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 08:01:35PM -0700, cy@FreeBSD.org wrote:
> > Synopsis: New port: tool for setting the title of xterms
> >
> > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
> > State-Changed-By: cy
> > State-Changed-When: Sat Apr 20 19:58:48 PDT 2002
> > State-Changed-Why:
> > Why do we need this port? The following shell script can set XTerm
> > titles without the overhead of a port:
>
> Because it shows you how it can be done from a C program?
>
> I admit, it's no rocket-science what's done here but it are the
> small things which make life worth living. This is one of them. It
> will a. give people with no experience regarding X and shell-scripting
> the capability to perform such a function and b. give somebody who
> is interested in finding out how it can be done from a C program a
> pointer to the right direction. It's all about sharing and learning
> too.
IMO the ports tree is there to provide useful applications to the
FreeBSD user base, not to provide a space to teach or to give
opportunities to learn how to program in C. If people want to show or
document how this is done, why not put it up on a web page.
I am not adverse to teaching people or to sharing. For that matter a
big chunk of my time as a group leader at work is spent teaching others
about UNIX and of late, teaching has become one of the more rewarding
areas of my job. However adding a port to the ports collection is not
the right vehicle to teach how to do a certain thing under C or any
other language for that matter. I just think that there are other ways
to share that should be explored.
Cheers, Phone: 250-387-8437
Cy Schubert Fax: 250-387-5766
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