From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 20 13:22:15 2004 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 8609A16A4CE for ; Thu, 20 May 2004 13:22:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ioskeha.hittite.isp.9tel.net (ioskeha.hittite.isp.9tel.net [62.62.156.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B5AD43D1D for ; Thu, 20 May 2004 13:22:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from clefevre-lists@9online.fr) Received: from pc2k (115-120-118-80.kaptech.net [80.118.120.115]) by ioskeha.hittite.isp.9tel.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 26A4317B4E9; Thu, 20 May 2004 22:23:04 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <00af01c43ea8$227cab40$7890a8c0@dyndns.org> From: "Cyrille Lefevre" To: "Peter Ulrich Kruppa" , "Ion-Mihai Tetcu" References: <20040519122810.GA97256@xor.obsecurity.org> <20040519165306.30cd30f2@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> <20040519164220.H937@pukruppa.net> Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 22:22:11 +0200 Organization: ACME MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 cc: ports@freebsd.org cc: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: "Featured ports of the month" 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: Thu, 20 May 2004 20:22:15 -0000 "Peter Ulrich Kruppa" wrote: > On Wed, 19 May 2004, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: > > > On Wed, 19 May 2004 05:28:10 -0700 > > Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > > > Here's an idea I just had (while pondering whether the x2x port is the > > > most useful X tool ever): > > > > > > The ports collection is so large thesedays that it can be hard to find > > > something unless you already have some idea about what you're looking > > > for. However those of us who have been using FreeBSD for a while tend > > > to have picked up a collection of ports that are now essential for our > > > day-to-day FreeBSD use. > > > > [..] > > > > I would try to take the job if no one more > > knowledgeable from doc@ or here is interested. > I guess this is the best news! > > Besides a short description of the port, you should also ask for > support and documentation. These are important critereria for the > usability of a port. and even sample files which aren't always provided :( so, you have to get them from the archive yourself and/or submit a PR to update the ports w/o existing example/contrib files... not good! Cyrille Lefevre. -- home: mailto:cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net