From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 8 00:12:48 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 520A31065673 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 00:12:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from woodruff@radonc17.ucsf.edu) Received: from RadOnc17.UCSF.Edu (radonc17.ucsf.edu [128.218.102.247]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29C128FC16 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 00:12:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from woodruff@radonc17.ucsf.edu) Received: from RO-Ld-ECranke.ucsfmedicalcenter.org (RO-Ld-ECranke.ucsfmedicalcenter.org [64.54.119.77]) by RadOnc17.UCSF.Edu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m37Nnuf1025144 for ; Mon, 7 Apr 2008 16:49:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from woodruff@radonc17.ucsf.edu) Message-Id: <42712C9F-B727-4B28-924B-3884ED23D5F0@radonc17.ucsf.edu> From: Dave Woodruff To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 16:47:02 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Grand Omission from WebSite X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:12:48 -0000 Dear Mr. Questions: I have just spent about one-half hour "browsing" the website, looking for the list of package distributions, unsuccessfully. Perhaps the most dismaying was the page: http://www.freebsd.org/applications.html which contains a link self-described as "packages collection" which takes you to the OS distribution page, unrelated to packages. Entering "package" or "packages" into the (sic) search engine each yield a null result. It is a crying shame that one of the most unique and fruitful features of my favorite operating system should be so obfuscated. Thanks, \DaveW -- Dave Woodruff - System Admn - RadOnc Computer Support Vox: 415/353-9818 Fax: 415/353-9883 Pgr: 415/443-2896 --- University of California, San Francisco, Radiation Oncology --- 1600 Divisadero - Suite H-1031, San Francisco, CA 94143-1708