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Date:      Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:23:50 -0500
From:      Mark Felder <feld@feld.me>
To:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Port system "problems"
Message-ID:  <op.wgi1l0h134t2sn@tech304>
In-Reply-To: <20120626194311.GG2540@medusa.sysfault.org>
References:  <4FE8E4A4.9070507@gmail.com> <20120626065732.GH41054@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <20120626092645.Horde.HytQbVNNcXdP6WQ1aMtjoMA@webmail.df.eu> <4FE96BA0.6040005@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20120626103400.Horde.8frYBVNNcXdP6XP4ZP-0deA@webmail.df.eu> <20120626084433.GJ41054@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <CADLFttdQ3RwhrB3Sk0UjbtT4EPW4wztPOak9KQLwR7GNyY8GZQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120626185048.GC2540@medusa.sysfault.org> <op.wgixxb1m34t2sn@tech304> <20120626194311.GG2540@medusa.sysfault.org>

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On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:43:11 -0500, Marcus von Appen <mva@freebsd.org>  
wrote:

> That sound good to me and something I'd vote for, since it does not
> split ports on a technical, but functional level into packages.

Yes this is exactly what we're aiming for. Right now if someone installs  
FreeBSD and they pkg_add apache22 and php5 they can't even serve PHP  
because php5 doesn't install mod_php. Things like this are as frustrating  
for new users as it is for people trying to maintain many, many servers.



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