From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 18 16:36:13 2003 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 2989816A4CE; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:36:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from rocket.alienwebshop.com (rocket.alienwebshop.com [216.120.226.160]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19E2443FB1; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:36:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com) Received: from alienwebshop.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rocket.alienwebshop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 0F888FEDD; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:36:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from 63.109.229.13 (SquirrelMail authenticated user pete) by webmail.alienwebshop.com with HTTP; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:36:09 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <16767.63.109.229.13.1069202169.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:36:09 -0800 (PST) From: "Peter Leftwich" To: X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Suggestion to display date/time of port addition or modification 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 Nov 2003 00:36:13 -0000 RE: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=gimp&stype=all [1] Two quick questions/suggestions if I may? Has the "ports team" ever considered including the date/time of when the port was added or modified? This could be displayed as a time code, such as "20031118" (today's date) and appear on the line that says: Description : Sources : Package : Changes : Download [2] I do not understand the usefulness nor see the "beauty" of the current method of installing ports. Why must a user download elementary "instructions" for programs A, B, C, D, through Z when all he or she may want are programs P and Q which require libraries B, C, D, and E? In other words, have the people in the know ever considered making it possible to download one tarballed directory, whose Makefile could figure out which other tarballed directories are needed and "fetch" them in sequence? This seems far simpler than 19 megs of unnecessary files that may never be used possibly. Thank you for listening, hopefully my remarks generate some discussion. -- Peter Leftwich, President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039, USA http://Www.Video2Video.Com PS: Please reply-to-all or explicitly CC me in your reply. Appreciate it.