Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 21:18:05 +0200 From: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> To: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, Martin Wilke <freebsd@unixfreunde.de> Subject: Re: new categorie "meta" ? Message-ID: <1148325485.92062.11.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> In-Reply-To: <20060521200933.7d600cd4@vixen42.vulpes> References: <20060521234850.2fd4d360@mwilke.ath.cx> <20060521200933.7d600cd4@vixen42.vulpes>
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Vulpes Velox p=ED=B9e v ne 21. 05. 2006 v 20:09 -0500:
> On Sun, 21 May 2006 23:48:50 +0200
> Martin Wilke <freebsd@unixfreunde.de> wrote:
>=20
> > Hi Friends,
> >=20
> > since creating new categories comes in vogue lately I just wanted to
> > ask what you think about creating a categorie called "META". Why you
> > should do that is simple: There are enough ports serving as meta
> > ports. These include:
> >=20
> > lang/php4-extensions
> > lang/php5-extensions
> > x11/xorg
> > x11/gnome2
> > x11/gnome2-lite
> > x11/kde3
> > x11/kde-lite
> > x11-wm/xfce4
> >=20
> > usw.
> >=20
> > That would lead to a clearer layout and improved overview of large
> > applications (esp for newbies).
>=20
> I agree with the rest that it is a bad idea. I do think the though of
> tagging everything that is a meta port with meta- though. Like with
> linux binary ports are done. The only one that makes me consider this
> being a bad idea is x11/xorg, but not quite sure why immediately.
pkg_add -r meta-gnome2
pkg_add -r meta-kde3
pkg_add -r meta-xfce4
Do you think this is intuitive? :)
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Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz>
<pav@FreeBSD.org>
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Please turn your phone by 90 degrees and try again.
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