From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 16 19:08:33 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A26B106566B; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:08:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f179.google.com (mail-pz0-f179.google.com [209.85.222.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD9B38FC17; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:08:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk9 with SMTP id 9so4728818pzk.28 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:08:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=TBdBo7y/U+D/DM/BiCNa/5yjYoXUvLDFTFsGM8raF6c=; b=oJAhzPuT+GK/jb040EAotd553wbgmAwinTFJ7KmHlxE9lHvac/lvTQAiYa6oHZLr8p EeGpeIWH9nRqK+Ir6tWccWUcYvtHcdvehOA68pjrm3gNRqPrj3xj4JWdQ/Ek7DVBF7JY GUT9hAAMT4Y4sTsEC6ccsPLXIZBnkD7DtgmyM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=irHD9Mf3SNCcYXtERiP62jkF1UtKcFa/yLPoMl9/egqSAvmO359P2aciG2drG1o7PE 1HjM7iysajLsnFqAsA120+/8JpmbCbfNrwdVsXZqqz60giqxwM+oj0li7ksa+gZx5haO 5lIx3fGgNXbo48b+ZFkXm4+ZpIawJsyBvBdBs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.61.41 with SMTP id j41mr4608333wfa.142.1266347312536; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:08:32 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B7AE3AC.5040908@FreeBSD.org> References: <20100216153323.GA28829@A-Eskwadraat.nl> <4B7AE3AC.5040908@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:08:32 -0800 Message-ID: <7d6fde3d1002161108s70bcd071h799db3e2c80faefc@mail.gmail.com> From: Garrett Cooper To: Doug Barton Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Jeroen Schot , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Combining multiple programs in single port X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:08:33 -0000 On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Doug Barton wrote: > On 2/16/2010 7:33 AM, Jeroen Schot wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I want to provide a port for a set of small utilities[1], all in the same >> scope and from the same upstream, to FreeBSD. Since all are very small >> (around 100 line of C), making seven separate ports seems a bit >> overkill. > > Given that these are distinctly different tools, and seem to have their > own individual sources, different ports would be the way to go. If these are package together upstream, does a meta-package/-port make sense? Thanks, -Garrett