Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:20:01 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: Proposal for another category in INDEX: common_deps Message-ID: <46A1DDD1.6000900@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <46A1C9C0.5080205@FreeBSD.org> References: <46A05B21.90603@u.washington.edu> <46A0711F.2020200@infracaninophile.co.uk> <46A1068A.3010004@FreeBSD.org> <46A1C2C9.80704@infracaninophile.co.uk> <46A1C9C0.5080205@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote:
> Matthew Seaman wrote:
>
>> Again, the idea here was not to change anything in the ports
>> themselves: just what was presented in the INDEX,
>
> Ok, then I think it's incumbent on you to explain what the benefit
> would be.
* Reduce the size of the INDEX
* Make the index data directly answer the sort of questions most
likely to come up in general use.
The latter is, of course, subjective but I think knowing the answers
to both 'what do I need to run this software?' and 'what else do I
need to install this software?' is more useful than what we have at
the moment.
Cheers,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
Flat 3
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate
Kent, CT11 9PW
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