Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 15:27:10 +0100 From: "A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven" <freebsd@skysmurf.nl> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: [RfD] Merging fortune ports Message-ID: <20131221142710.GA50067@spectrum.skysmurf.nl>
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--PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Howdy all, I happened to notice that there are already several misc/fortune* ports and it takes only the slightest bit of imagination to come up with several more. Hell, I alone can think of at least a dozen or so. However, we probably don't want to fill the ports tree with a whole bunch of ports that are pretty much the same except for the one or two files they install. Moreover, who is to say which fortune ports get accepted and which don't? This got me thinking: Would it be a good idea to merge all fortune* ports into one and use the OPTIONS framework to let the user select which cookie jar(s) they wish to install? For what it's worth: I'd be happy to do the work (except for the actual commits, since I lack the necessary rights) and wouldn't mind taking (or sharing) maintainership. Anyway, I just thought I'd put the idea out there; comments are welcome. For your reference: I also started a thread about this on the FreeBSD Forums (https://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=3D5&t=3D43931). AvW --=20 I'm not completely useless, I can be used as a bad example. --PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (FreeBSD) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJStaU+AAoJEAfP7gJTaCe8D44P/2GVHl0ihVPTz9/ZLuWlQe3C ynNo8VMGsP/gL8qcORPEHSfNZEESeqeA1GVNWbHi81CMBmZ/hdbpuogrzulzVGsq O5Ffo/JKpc0/wCc/AzrFbSz6x7iaNBADy4n0efal3OmsadZsy2CYVD8JK0EAiiR+ D3yuBOs0/AGT2W6TMW+jZvAxJrrJgTowBRGdOLUnW25PMPYs1mj4huZlQ90yQREn 8UjOgbGx+HPPKneCqScA4O/V5m+H2msKAoVVvarcaMHUqaP/0f/nJgvntXKAv/DG MCR6nQkPm59ppEpuQS0ww/8XUCm3uWeoTnMJnrx+V+n3jK+UFfnpAA3KV0WtY3ME mRJ4p9H9bj9az1bliuQ5tyLULQ60gLQyEWeaG8lxLkXxX7DoBuPIljfAIPcEeSip 7n6Gi4eZJwehcci1vdQFmlbV53Awefwrj0lJId4eXUYLNldwqnuUZSvGry7m1IUu PALxHlOkbOVjPKSvVeZROztBB4yn0WyqL6FUsM4rGtHhOBqwA7LvY81CvN3aBKr+ wRrtqtcXGtlzPXQVo9A1jCGAhtkXN8LiwBD8DfnZ15G2aOLwKehAqe7goP4NZSEI GM17Vajij3RAQkXHK9K+7ZvFLf/d5qh7ew8HOcrxjrWYW4rEzOlHaAr1WaMw2H9W +DUbL0iF5UD9oE2dStBB =/Dna -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr--
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