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From: Evan Champion <evanc@synapse.net>
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Subject: Re: what do you think ... should/could ports move to -> /usr/local/ports ?
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Andreas Klemm wrote:
> I'm just repartitioning my system. When thinking about a new
> disk layout and partitioning I came to the conclusion, that
> putting the ports collection to /usr/local/ports would be cleaner,
> than using /usr/ports.

I find that /usr/local/ is overused as it is.  You could move it to
/usr/local/ and make a symlink, or make a new slice for /usr/ports/.

Evan