Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2020 16:22:44 +1000 From: Dewayne Geraghty <dewayne@heuristicsystems.com.au> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFD: proposed new (likely virtual) category, education Message-ID: <91dc3ebd-56a4-5779-84d1-09ae7a820791@heuristicsystems.com.au> In-Reply-To: <342ff706e1eb34f7283e24107fd03ded@gundo.com> References: <342ff706e1eb34f7283e24107fd03ded@gundo.com>
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On 18/07/2020 1:09 pm, Pau Amma wrote: > This category would comprise ports that are mainly educational in nature > or purpose, such as: > - course-writing or course-delivery applications, > - classroom or school management applications (eg, scheduling classes), > - applications, utilities, or games primarily or substantially designed > to help the user learn a specific topic or study in general, like typing > tutors, flashcard applications, or educational games. > > This category would be useful because some of these applications are in > non-obvious categories, making them hard to find if you don't already > know about them. For instance, if I had not already known about anki or > mnemosyne, I don't think it would have occurred to me to look for them > under games. ... > > Observant readers will notice that there are 10 misc/* ports in that > category. I do not, however, know whether that is enough to justify > making it a physical category with all the additional work involved. > > Things that would need to be changed if that proposal is accepted: > - The Makefiles for all these ports > - The section on port categories of the Porter's Handbook > - Possibly other things I'm missing > > All comments or constructive criticism gratefully accepted. > _______________________________________________ Great idea Pau! You might like to add www/sakai though its quite dated (ports is 10.2; current version 20.1)
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