From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 19 07:48:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3896D16A4CE for ; Wed, 19 May 2004 07:48:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dsl-mail.kamp.net (mail.kamp-dsl.de [195.62.99.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3F7E343D4C for ; Wed, 19 May 2004 07:48:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: (qmail 19565 invoked by uid 513); 19 May 2004 14:48:38 -0000 Received: from root@pukruppa.de by dsl-mail by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.21 Clear:RC:1(213.146.114.24):SA:0(-4.9/5.0):. Processed in 0.621483 secs); 19 May 2004 14:48:38 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 Received: from unknown (HELO reverse-213-146-114-24.dialin.kamp-dsl.de) (213.146.114.24) by dsl-mail.kamp.net with SMTP; 19 May 2004 14:48:38 -0000 Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 16:48:13 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa X-X-Sender: root@pukruppa.net To: Ion-Mihai Tetcu In-Reply-To: <20040519165306.30cd30f2@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> Message-ID: <20040519164220.H937@pukruppa.net> References: <20040519122810.GA97256@xor.obsecurity.org> <20040519165306.30cd30f2@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: ports@freebsd.org cc: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: "Featured ports of the month" X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 14:48:36 -0000 On Wed, 19 May 2004, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: > On Wed, 19 May 2004 05:28:10 -0700 > Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > Here's an idea I just had (while pondering whether the x2x port is the > > most useful X tool ever): > > > > The ports collection is so large thesedays that it can be hard to find > > something unless you already have some idea about what you're looking > > for. However those of us who have been using FreeBSD for a while tend > > to have picked up a collection of ports that are now essential for our > > day-to-day FreeBSD use. > > [..] > > I would try to take the job if no one more > knowledgeable from doc@ or here is interested. I guess this is the best news! Besides a short description of the port, you should also ask for support and documentation. These are important critereria for the usability of a port. Regards, Uli. > > -- > IOnut > Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > +---------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---------------------------+