From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 22 13:58:47 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85376106566B for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:58:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F3458FC0A for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:58:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mr17.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.37]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 22 Sep 2011 09:58:46 -0400 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr17.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 4.2.3-GA) with ESMTP id BCA10070; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:58:46 -0400 Received-SPF: None identity=pra; client-ip=209.6.41.114; receiver=smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net; envelope-from="roberthuff@rcn.com"; x-sender="roberthuff@rcn.com"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible Received-SPF: None identity=mailfrom; client-ip=209.6.41.114; receiver=smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net; envelope-from="roberthuff@rcn.com"; x-sender="roberthuff@rcn.com"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible Received-SPF: None identity=helo; client-ip=209.6.41.114; receiver=smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net; envelope-from="roberthuff@rcn.com"; x-sender="postmaster@[10.0.0.3]"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible X-Auth-ID: roberthuff Received: from 209-6-41-114.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO [10.0.0.3]) ([209.6.41.114]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 22 Sep 2011 09:58:46 -0400 Message-ID: <4E7B3EE6.5050107@rcn.com> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:57:58 -0400 From: Robert Huff User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.1) Gecko/20110830 Thunderbird/6.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <20110922071857.M71817@martymac.org> <20110922090740.GA17805@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20110922092016.M80451@martymac.org> <4E7B2FA8.4050403@FreeBSD.org> <20110922125922.M59578@martymac.org> <4E7B3A59.40704@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4E7B3A59.40704@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr17.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Subject: Re: About games/flightgear-aircrafts 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: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:58:47 -0000 On 9/22/2011 9:38 AM, Greg Larkin wrote: > I don't use flightgear, so others would have a better opinion than me > about how to partition the airplane ports. Is there a forum on the > upstream distro site where you could ask? > > You can also break them by first letter of the distfile names, combining > where appropriate. An analysis of the number of distfiles per first > letter of the filename yields: > > 2 1 > 7 16 > a 35 > b 30 > c 30 > d 29 > e 5 > f 28 > g 5 > h 18 > i 2 > j 9 > k 8 > l 17 > m 22 > n 6 > o 4 > p 22 > q 1 > r 10 > s 32 > t 8 > u 2 > v 7 > w 1 > x 2 > y 3 > z 2 > > You could combine some letters together and make a bunch of add-on ports > with ~30 planes per port. I don't use this program either, but my first reaction was to break it into broad categories. For example: aircraft-required aircraft-25-most-popular aircraft-civilian-prop aircraft-civilian-jet aircraft-military-prop aircraft-military-jet Other categories may suggest themselves to those more familiar with the game. Robert Huff