From owner-freebsd-ports Fri Aug 28 10:29:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA20460 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:29:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from news1.gtn.com (news1.gtn.com [194.77.0.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA20450 for ; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:28:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.gtn.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news1.gtn.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with UUCP id TAA13857; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 19:15:09 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from andreas@localhost) by klemm.gtn.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id TAA18417; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 19:11:06 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas) Message-ID: <19980828191106.B15895@klemm.gtn.com> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 19:11:06 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm To: Thomas Gellekum , Satoshi Asami Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: comment on new categories? References: <199807272355.QAA14985@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> <871zr6lbx8.fsf@ghpc6.ihf.rwth-aachen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.1i In-Reply-To: <871zr6lbx8.fsf@ghpc6.ihf.rwth-aachen.de>; from Thomas Gellekum on Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 08:36:19AM +0200 X-Disclaimer: A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT SMP Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 08:36:19AM +0200, Thomas Gellekum wrote: > asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) writes: > > > What do people think about the following new categories? > > > > deskutils > > x11-fms (file managers) > > x11-wms (window managers) > > x11-widgets > > Do we need to be so terse? `x11-windowmanagers' would be fine with > me. `filemanagers' could be a broader category including some of the > filemanglers from misc (ytree, mc, ...). I like the terse version. This has the advantage, that build and run dependencies nearly always fit into a better looking 80 columns scheme. If the names are too long, then the chance of wrapped around lines is much higher and such lines look ugly for me. For me it's a matter of style and functionality. My $0.02 -- Andreas Klemm http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas What gives you 90% more speed, for example, in kernel compilation ? http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~fsmp/SMP/akgraph-a/graph1.html "NT = Not Today" (Maggie Biggs) ``powered by FreeBSD SMP'' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message