Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 10:44:28 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org> Cc: freebsd-www@FreeBSD.org, Murray Stokely <murray@freebsdmall.com>, Aron Stansvik <elvstone@gmail.com> Subject: Re: I miss my Handbook link! :) Message-ID: <20051007084428.GE890@zaphod.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <20051007083719.GB1288@unixpages.org> References: <751a4f870510061512l5f023be3n@mail.gmail.com> <20051006232835.GK8320@freebsdmall.com> <20051007073804.GB890@zaphod.nitro.dk> <20051007074455.GC30488@freebsdmall.com> <20051007083719.GB1288@unixpages.org>
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--EgVrEAR5UttbsTXg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2005.10.07 10:37:19 +0200, Christian Brueffer wrote: > On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 12:44:55AM -0700, Murray Stokely wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 09:38:05AM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > > >=20 > > > I'm not so sure about the ports link. I agree that the Ports > > > Collection is very important for FreeBSD, but frankly IMO our /ports/ > > > pages sucks, as has been discussed at least a few times in the past... > >=20 > > Yes after reviewing the /ports pages, I agree. For now I just added > > the Handbook, which clearly belongs, and removed the duplicate > > platforms link. >=20 > Indeed, /ports sucks. On the other hand freshports.org is _really_ nice. > I know we mostly avoid linking to external pages, but I think it would be > worth considering it in some cases. I suggsted this here and on ports@, probably half a year ago (not really sure), but several people really didn't like this. Some because of the potential problem with depending on a non-FreeBSD.org site for all the web based ports information, which I see the potential issue with I just don't consider it a big problem, and some because they simply prefer to simpler layout etc. of /ports/ compared to freshports. --=20 Simon L. Nielsen --EgVrEAR5UttbsTXg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDRjVsh9pcDSc1mlERAgn6AJ9aXcLr0vHnaPNoIYzsttTRFd3S+QCfXP4B WP/mL+e9rLayeehGQnYttXA= =2vrM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EgVrEAR5UttbsTXg--
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