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To: PVinci@ix.netcom.com (Paul Vinciguerra)
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Subject: Re: Package / Port Descriptions ... 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 03 Apr 95 21:03:38 PDT."
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Date: Mon, 03 Apr 1995 22:20:54 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com>
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> I think we need to include some type of descriptions with the 
> Ports/Packages...  

The ports collection gets an INDEX file, though you still need your own
awk script to read it if you don't have /usr/ports/Makefile.  Not ideal
yet.  It's meant to be front-ended by a viewer!

The packages collection also generally gets an INDEX file built up of
the ONELINE fields.  It's pretty easy to do..  I'll look to see if the
last one is up-to-date, though admittedly it's pretty ugly and should
ALSO probably be read through a browser (or at least smoked glass).

All of this stuff is practically screaming:  "FRAMEWORK!  WHERE'S THE
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION PACKAGE??" at me, so I have to go now.. :-)

					Jordan