From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 24 16:41:37 2011 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 A50B4106566B for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:41:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C2438FC0A for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:41:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsd.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.59] helo=ncs.bris.ac.uk) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Q2nbM-0001mv-04; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:41:36 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncs.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Q2nbK-0003qR-Pi; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:41:34 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p2OGfY4c043865; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:41:34 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p2OGfX7V043864; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:41:33 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:41:33 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Jason Helfman Message-ID: <20110324164133.GA43818@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <4D8A2A79.4010908@FreeBSD.org> <20110324162321.GG51385@eggman.experts-exchange.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110324162321.GG51385@eggman.experts-exchange.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Eitan Adler , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Peter Jeffery Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] Ports Infrastructure Changes 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: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:41:37 -0000 On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 09:23:22AM -0700, Jason Helfman wrote: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:38:48AM -0500, Eitan Adler thus spake: > >>you can then build category based directories with symlinks to the main > >>location based on what categories > > > >My ports-mgmt/symports does something like this. It builds a full > >directory tree of symlinks for the "secondary" categories. > > > >>I'm sure that something like this has been mentioned before. But I don't > >>see > >>what else is going to stop > >>the categorization issue popping up all of the time. > > > >If we alphabetized the ports then there would be constant conversation > >about how whether or not we should categorize them. > > > >-- > >Eitan Adler > > When this change goes in, it may be a good idea to commit a documentation > change, as well, that cleans up and adds the new categories here: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefile-categories.html I'm against this change. I've never had any problems with the way ports are categorised. Also, refuse file is arranged in categories, so I can, and often do, remove the whole categories of ports from my /usr/ports, e.g. languages which I don't speak, or java, or whatever. Spending time and energy on rearranging everything in alphabetic order is a waste of time and will not help me a bit. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423