From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 16 05:46:20 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org 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 5DD9816A41F; Sun, 16 Oct 2005 05:46:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from smtp.omnis.com (smtp.omnis.com [216.239.128.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18B2C43D48; Sun, 16 Oct 2005 05:46:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from [204.68.178.34] (cpe-66-75-60-23.san.res.rr.com [66.75.60.23]) by smtp-relay.omnis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7227820068A3; Sat, 15 Oct 2005 22:46:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4350CE50.8080704@ebs.gr> References: <200510150015.j9F0ExKr085847@sakura.ninth-nine.com> <20051015053003.GB28137@soaustin.net> <4350CE50.8080704@ebs.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <5739E97B-7EDC-4971-9EA5-01A44688A981@softweyr.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Wes Peters Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 22:46:16 -0700 To: Panagiotis Astithas X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 12:08:41 +0000 Cc: tux@pinguru.net, wes@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-eclipse@FreeBSD.org, mitsuru@riken.jp, Norikatsu Shigemura , rtdean@cytherianage.net, sugimura@jp.FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, Mark Linimon , freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [SUGGEST] Reform eclipse and eclipse related ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 05:46:20 -0000 On Oct 15, 2005, at 2:39 AM, Panagiotis Astithas wrote: > Mark Linimon wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 09:15:07PM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: >> >>> I don't mind moving the eclipse ports from java to devel, but all >>> the other eclipse ports are add-ins to eclipse and should >>> probably be classified along with eclipse. >>> >> [adding freebsd-java to the Cc:] >> For some background, there's been on-and-off discussion on -java >> about how the java category was never really a good idea. None of >> the other languages have their own primary category. In particular >> we've completely failed to train our users to send 'java' PRs only >> for problems with the JVMs and 'ports' PRs for things in ports/java. >> >>> In particular, if eclipse is a 'devel' tool, I don't see how CDT >>> and phpeclipse are editors. GEF isn't a graphics library, it's >>> a graphical emulation framework for eclipse, which is (again) a >>> development tool. > > Although I agree with everything you say here, I can't see how this > is an argument against the fact that GEF and CDT most probably > belong to devel. Unless I'm mistaken and you were not making one? I was making an argument that regardless of where eclipse migrates too, all of it's little pieces should go right along with it, rather than getting spread all over the ports system. > Regarding the splitting of devel and www categories, perhaps we > should wait until the port tree migrates to subversion (yeah, > right :-))? Or hell freezes over, whichever happens first? -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com