From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 8 00:33:09 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 B10F4106564A for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 00:33:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ges+lists@wingfoot.org) Received: from wingfoot.org (caduceus.wingfoot.org [64.32.179.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 601778FC13 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 00:33:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ges+lists@wingfoot.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wingfoot.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3A8939DC49; Mon, 7 Apr 2008 20:21:50 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at wingfoot.org Received: from wingfoot.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (wingfoot.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10042) with ESMTP id ufuOM2ipALsa; Mon, 7 Apr 2008 20:21:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Sandal.local (ool-4353640b.dyn.optonline.net [67.83.100.11]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by wingfoot.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B1E439DC48; Mon, 7 Apr 2008 20:21:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <47FAB97F.80205@wingfoot.org> Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:17:03 -0400 From: Glenn Sieb User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080213 Thunderbird/2.0.0.12 Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dave Woodruff References: <42712C9F-B727-4B28-924B-3884ED23D5F0@radonc17.ucsf.edu> In-Reply-To: <42712C9F-B727-4B28-924B-3884ED23D5F0@radonc17.ucsf.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 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 00:33:09 -0000 Dave Woodruff wrote: > 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 http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html It's under "Shortcuts" on the right. Not obfuscated.. I found it in no time at all... Enjoy.. Best, --Glenn