Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 08:55:53 -0400 From: "Jim Stapleton" <stapleton.41@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Has the port collection become to large to handle. Message-ID: <80f4f2b20605150555q547a034ax8effe6b1b6df1f30@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <00d401c67802$ed3be130$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> References: <446786CF.6050807@fromley.net> <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGGEALHHAA.fbsd@a1poweruser.com> <3aaaa3a0605141906k2622e9dawe7e9bf7def72167@mail.gmail.com> <008b01c677fb$c99b4290$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <44684361.5080903@eftel.com> <00d401c67802$ed3be130$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk>
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maybe this is a bit off target, but it seems to me the ports tree is not too large: I've found stuff I've wanted that wasn't on the ports tree. I think it's too small. Unless you are on a 56k, but then everything ports related will be painful. However a reoganization could be in order... Currently we have: portbase/category/port/ Each category could have hundreds of ports that are related in the category, but clutter a search, especially in categories with over 100 ports... My suggestion, why not add another level: portbase/category/subcategory/port/ As well as some "virtual" categories, such as all "perl", "python", "php", and "c_c++" will be put under lang as sub-categories, with _all_ modules for these languages, and then if you are thinking "mysql access for python" while doing your ports search, you'll go to the databases/mysql/ subcategory, and see a symlink to the python module to access mysql. And then there would be a dependancy translation table: it if a dependancy isn't found, it'll look on the table, which will convert from the current structure to the new structure within the port make system, and hopefully prevent most/all change issues. Sorry if this suggestion is too farr off the topic (or already been posted, I got about half way through, and found I need to get to work...) Thanks, -Jim
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