Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 10:53:26 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-www@FreeBSD.org, Murray Stokely <murray@freebsdmall.com>, Aron Stansvik <elvstone@gmail.com> Subject: Re: I miss my Handbook link! :) Message-ID: <20051007085326.GD595@gothic.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <20051007084428.GE890@zaphod.nitro.dk> References: <751a4f870510061512l5f023be3n@mail.gmail.com> <20051006232835.GK8320@freebsdmall.com> <20051007073804.GB890@zaphod.nitro.dk> <20051007074455.GC30488@freebsdmall.com> <20051007083719.GB1288@unixpages.org> <20051007084428.GE890@zaphod.nitro.dk>
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--SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 10:44:28AM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > >=20 > > Indeed, /ports sucks. On the other hand freshports.org is _really_ nic= e. > > I know we mostly avoid linking to external pages, but I think it would = be > > worth considering it in some cases. >=20 > I suggsted this here and on ports@, probably half a year ago (not > really sure), but several people really didn't like this. >=20 > Some because of the potential problem with depending on a > non-FreeBSD.org site for all the web based ports information, which I > see the potential issue with I just don't consider it a big problem, > and some because they simply prefer to simpler layout etc. of /ports/ > compared to freshports. > Why not add a link to http://www.freshports.org/ in a "good location" on the ports page? This may be a solution that will please everyone. Marc --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDRjeFzQ9RwE+OdOgRAue6AJ4mEX4uMcB4FWdLfDXAN/9S2N81qwCfV4Vk ovKBR9tTk4uodW56F12wMMo= =QOHe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s--
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