From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 22 18:21:26 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 9F2C2106566B for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:21:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ganael.laplanche@martymac.org) Received: from data.galacsys.net (webmail.galacsys.net [217.24.81.215]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6631B8FC0C for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:21:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from martymac.org (webmail.galacsys.net [217.24.81.215]) by data.galacsys.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B23DB1715AB; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:21:24 +0200 (CEST) From: "Ganael LAPLANCHE" To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Openwebmail-Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:21:24 +0200 Message-Id: <20110922181915.M87413@martymac.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20110922071857.M71817@martymac.org> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 2.01 20030425 X-OriginatingIP: 88.163.147.236 (ganael.laplanche@martymac.org) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:21:24 +0200 (CEST) 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 18:21:26 -0000 On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:38:33 -0400, Greg Larkin wrote > You can also break them by first letter of the distfile names, > combining where appropriate. > [...] On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:57:58 -0400, Robert Huff wrote > my first reaction was to break it into broad categories. > For example: > > aircraft-required > aircraft-25-most-popular > aircraft-civilian-prop > [...] On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:58:03 +0200, Guido Falsi wrote > A "civialian-aerobatic" category could be sensible. > [...] Greg, Robert, Guido, thanks for your suggestions ; anyway, this would not solve one of the problems : maintainability of the port :/ On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:11:39 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote > #2 is reasonable, IMO. > > Other options, like breaking it up into multiple > ports, would not make it easier to maintain and might be more > difficult for users. Warren, I agree with you : it would make the port even more complex. >From a maintainer port of view, we will still have to keep up-to-date with those 350+ zip files which regularly change upstream, but will now have to deal with sorting them and updating several different ports. >From a user point of view, it would also be a pain : users would have to browse into each "category" ports to be able to get all the planes they need. I am not sure this is the right way to go :/ I would also vote for #2, or, if we can get a limited list of "good" airplanes, option #1. I will try to find if I can get a list of top planes on FLightGear website, but I have not seen such a page so far. > (Note: "aircraft" is both singular and plural, so the port > name really should be just flightgear-aircraft.) Thanks, I'll fix its name if we can manage to keep this port alive :) Best regards, -- Ganael LAPLANCHE http://www.martymac.org | http://contribs.martymac.org FreeBSD: martymac , http://www.FreeBSD.org