Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 07:07:50 -0400 From: Randy Pratt <bsd-unix@earthlink.net> To: Shaun Amott <shaun@inerd.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: New category - ports/packages specific tools? Message-ID: <20060516070750.df210cfd.bsd-unix@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20060515222815.GA2535@picobyte.net> References: <20060515222815.GA2535@picobyte.net>
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On Mon, 15 May 2006 23:28:16 +0100 Shaun Amott <shaun@inerd.com> wrote: > There are lots of nifty tools in ports for handling ports and packages. > It would be nice if they were all in one, easy to find place. > > I think there are enough of these kind of ports to warrant a new > category. What does everyone think about this? > > I'm not sure on a name yet -- "freebsd", "ports", "tools", and > "portutils" are my initial ideas. > > Possible candidates for the new category: > > devel/portcheckout > devel/portlint > devel/portmk > devel/porttools > misc/porteasy > misc/portell > security/portaudit > security/portaudit-db > sysutils/newportsversioncheck > sysutils/pkg-orphan > sysutils/pkg_cutleaves > sysutils/pkg_install > sysutils/pkg_install-devel > sysutils/pkg_remove > sysutils/pkg_rmleaves > sysutils/pkg_trackinst > sysutils/pkg_tree > sysutils/pkgfe > sysutils/port-authoring-tools > sysutils/port-maintenance-tools > sysutils/portbrowser > sysutils/portdowngrade > sysutils/portmanager > sysutils/portmaster > sysutils/portsearch > sysutils/portsman > sysutils/portsnap > sysutils/portupgrade > > Plus maybe (not ports-specific, so perhaps not): > > net/csup > net/cvsup > net/cvsup-mirror > net/cvsup-without-gui > > Have I missed any? sysutils/p5-FreeBSD-Portindex I think this is an excellent idea. It would make it much easier to point new users to a category for ports tools. I'd vote for this to go ahead regardless of the number of ports. Randy > -- > Shaun Amott [ PGP: 0x6B387A9A ] > Scientia Est Potentia. > --
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