Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 00:15:22 +0400 (MSD) From: "."@babolo.ru To: lioux@FreeBSD.ORG (Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira) Cc: alane@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proper categories (was Re: cvs commit: ports/misc Makefile ports/misc/xmms-pipe Makefile distinfo pkg-comment pkg-descr pkg-plis Message-ID: <200208262015.AAA10979@aaz.links.ru> In-Reply-To: <20020826165854.55770.qmail@exxodus.fedaykin.here> from "Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira" at "Aug 26, 2 01:58:32 pm"
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Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira writes: > On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 03:17:49AM -0700, Alan Eldridge wrote: > > alane 2002/08/26 03:18:11 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > misc Makefile > > Removed files: > > misc/xmms-pipe Makefile distinfo pkg-comment pkg-descr > > pkg-plist > > Log: > > Moved port to audio/ where all the other xmms-* ports live. > > Well, I think that the maintainer did not oppose this. > However, I seriously oppose this. :) > audio is for audio related ports. I read audio related > as for audio processing be it coding/decoding/playing... xmms-pipe > does no such thing. It is a plugin for xmms that allows users to > control xmms through a named pipe. > There are several xmms related plugins that lie in graphics. > Should we move them to audio? IMO they should not be moved since > they're primarily graphics based. xmms-pipe is primarily misc based. > Incidently, it is used by an audio based program. This does not > make it an audio category program. > There is nowhere in the Porters Handbook a line saying that > a plugin should override its proper category in favor of the category > of the program (xmms in this case) it serves as plugin. Therefore, > we should use common sense here. I know that your reasoning is as > fair as I think mine is. Why don't we rule this once and for all? > While we are here, I think we should move some ports > out of audio category: *nap* (napster related) and ag* (audio galaxy > related) ports should be in net not audio category. Before someone > argues, most of the old nap* ports are actually opennapster related; > thus, they transmit anything, not only mp3 files. Therefore, they're > more akin to p2p software than audio software. > Any thoughts? :) It's time to introduce third levels in port system and bundle plugins with main port into third level directory. ports/38593 But I dont have time to work with ruby and portupgrade -- @BABOLO http://links.ru/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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