Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 00:03:40 +0200 From: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> To: Martin Wilke <freebsd@unixfreunde.de> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: new categorie "meta" ? Message-ID: <1148249020.36949.10.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> In-Reply-To: <20060521234850.2fd4d360@mwilke.ath.cx> References: <20060521234850.2fd4d360@mwilke.ath.cx>
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Martin Wilke p=ED=B9e v ne 21. 05. 2006 v 23:48 +0200:
> 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).
No.
Categories split ports into the groups by their usage. That's why we
have net, www, deskutils, x11-clocks; instead of large, small, plugins,
skins.
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Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz>
<pav@FreeBSD.org>
> With a 10 MHz 386 the downloading speed would most likely drop to a crawl
> or stop with the decoding process etc.
I think most 10MHz 386 users are quite accustomed to things dropping
to a crawl.
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