Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 19:33:26 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XML category Message-ID: <20020118192542.N647-100000@catalyst.sasknow.net> In-Reply-To: <xzpn0zb9ly9.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote to Ryan Thompson: > Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> writes: > > Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote to ports@FreeBSD.ORG: > > > Does anybody else than me think we should have a separate category > > > for XML-related ports? > > Before I answer that... How would you define ``XML related port''? > > XML DTDs and catalogs, and XML processing tools or libraries. > There are about 60 or 70 such ports in textproc by my count, and an > unkown number spread around in devel and java, and possibly www. > Some of those (like java/xalan) should move, while others (like > www/p5-AxKit) should just have "xml" tacked onto their CATEGORY. I am not convinced that we need an xml directory in ports, but, based on the numbers you've given here, there are a significant number of XML ports. So, a virtual xml category might be somewhat useful in that case. - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Network Administrator, Accounts SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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