Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 00:31:44 -0700 From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami/=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQHUbKEI=?= =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCOCsbKEIgGyRCOC0bKEI=?=) To: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com Cc: PVinci@ix.netcom.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Package / Port Descriptions ... Message-ID: <199504040731.AAA12853@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <3451.796972854@freefall.cdrom.com> (jkh@freefall.cdrom.com)
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* > I think we need to include some type of descriptions with the * > Ports/Packages... For ports, you can do: "(cd /usr/ports; head */*/pkg/COMMENT)".... A very simple list for all the ports you have. :) If you need longer (one-paragraph or so) descriptions, you can take a look at the DESCR files instead. For packages, you can use pkg_info to view inside the packages. * All of this stuff is practically screaming: "FRAMEWORK! WHERE'S THE * SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION PACKAGE??" at me, so I have to go now.. :-) Maybe we can have an undergrad (hey, isn't there someone on the list teaching a user interface course? :) write a frontend in tcl/tk that will descend into the /usr/ports tree and show all the descriptions and such. And maybe even install it if you're root. :) I'd like to do that myself if I ever get the time, but that won't happen at least until summer.... Satoshi
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