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Date:      Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:56:21 +0100 (BST)
From:      Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>
To:        Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>
Cc:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, freebsd-eclipse@FreeBSD.org, Norikatsu Shigemura <nork@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, Herve Quiroz <herve.quiroz@esil.univ-mrs.fr>, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: [SUGGEST] Reform eclipse and eclipse related ports
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.62.0510171950080.28675@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <200510170844.06438.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>
References:  <200510150015.j9F0ExKr085847@sakura.ninth-nine.com> <1B8112AF-8C0E-4BA0-8D1C-DA6AD529F327@softweyr.com> <20051017153024.GA23494@arabica.esil.univ-mrs.fr> <200510170844.06438.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>

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On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Vizion wrote:

> You guys just do not get it.
> 
> I have spent over 45 five years in the computer industry and am fed up with 
> technologists who think in terms of their precious systems rather than on 
> behalf of people that use them.

This is an open-source project; patches speak louder than words. There 
is a process outlined in the porters' handbook (that I've pointed you at 
before) for getting ports system rejigs to even be considered.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefile-categories.html#PROPOSING-CATEGORIES

(Given the ability of existing tools to search for ports in "half-assed" 
virtual categories, I think you overstate your case.)

Cheers,
jan


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