Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 15:23:53 -0200 From: Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: Herve Quiroz <herve.quiroz@esil.univ-mrs.fr> Subject: Re: ports/74696: net/xnap: Remove crosslisting in java category Message-ID: <20041205172415.89339.qmail@exxodus.fedaykin.here>
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Well, this PR is about a better understanding of what means the java category. Its current use also encompasses applications as seen in both http://www.freebsd.org/ports/java.html and http://www.freshports.org/java/ Checking out the Porter's Handbook which should be the source of all knowledge (*giggles*, well, it lags behind but it should be :). The java category is listed as: "java Software related to the Java language." http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefile-categories.html#AEN782 So, it comes to this. Are we saying that the current usage should be changed to java language related applications not including applications written in java? I do not think so but the ports system is adaptable and ever changing so it would be nice to visit this question. How does the java@ team feels about it? I for one think that we should keep the current statement, java as primary category for applications related primarily to the languange and secondary for anything written in java as we have for perl and python. What do you guys think? Regards, -- Mario S F Ferreira - DF - Brazil - "I guess this is a signature." feature, n: a documented bug | bug, n: an undocumented feature
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