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Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Martin Wilke <freebsd@unixfreunde.de>
Subject: Re: new categorie "meta" ?
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Mike Jakubik wrote:
> Martin Wilke wrote:
>> Hi Friends,
>>
>> since creating new categories comes in vogue lately I just wanted to
>> ask what you think about creating a categorie called "META". Why you
>> should do that is simple: There are enough ports serving as meta ports.
>> These include:
>>
>> lang/php4-extensions
>> lang/php5-extensions
>>   
> 
> Bad idea.

Anyone who takes the time to at least think about the problem and write up a
proposal deserves better than a two-word answer. If you can't do better than
that, feel free to avoid answering at all.

Doug

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