Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 14:13:37 +0100 From: Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org> To: Spadge <spadge@fromley.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New category - ports/packages specific tools? Message-ID: <1147785217.3260.11.camel@mayday.esat.net> In-Reply-To: <4469C8BF.3090005@fromley.net> References: <20060515222815.GA2535@picobyte.net> <20060516070750.df210cfd.bsd-unix@earthlink.net> <4469B8FE.8020904@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20060516115801.GA1876@leia.lambermont.dyndns.org> <4469C8BF.3090005@fromley.net>
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--=-R7uAPOf2iSlwxv2Fvmb8 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 13:42 +0100, Spadge wrote: > Hans Lambermont wrote: > > Matthew Seaman wrote: > >=20 > >> Randy Pratt wrote: > >>> Shaun Amott <shaun@inerd.com> wrote: > >>>> There are lots of nifty tools in ports for handling ports and packag= es. > >>>> It would be nice if they were all in one, easy to find place. > > ... > >>> 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. > >> The first step surely is a virtual category. > > ... > >=20 > > I'd like to see this happen as well. Next to the ease of use I'm > > convinced that the grouping of ports management tools will improve them > > in the longer run. > >=20 > > regards, > > Hans Lambermont >=20 > "If you build it they will come" >=20 > Maybe this will subliminally encourage people to write ports management=20 > tools :) I'd rather encourage people to fix or improve existing ones. I'd vote for this new category though. --=20 Florent Thoumie flz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD Committer --=-R7uAPOf2iSlwxv2Fvmb8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEadABMxEkbVFH3PQRAr8WAJ9z9Cv923y6fddecpWqWLEQcpFNvgCfQ+an rqdnQtUi8GOdl7bmmGq3I3k= =vHsT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-R7uAPOf2iSlwxv2Fvmb8--
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