Date: 19 Jan 2002 02:06:15 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Thomas Hurst <tom.hurst@clara.net> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XML category Message-ID: <xzpvgdz9mk8.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <20020119005036.GA82570@voi.aagh.net> References: <xzpadvbb3d7.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20020119005036.GA82570@voi.aagh.net>
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Thomas Hurst <tom.hurst@clara.net> writes:
> * Dag-Erling Smorgrav (des@ofug.org) wrote:
> > Does anybody else than me think we should have a separate category for
> > XML-related ports?
> Not particularly; XML's usually a means to an end rather than an end
> into itself, and hence a poor candidate for categorisation imo.
What on earth is "a means to an end rather than an end into itself"
supposed to mean, and why is it relevant to whether there should be a
separate XML category?
There is a large number of XML-related ports which are currently stuck
in textproc for lack of a better category, but can't really be labeled
as "text processing tools". One could say the same about SGML, BTW.
Even for those that *do* belong in textproc, it would be useful to be
able to list "xml" in addition to "textproc" in CATEGORY. There are
currently 49 ports in textproc that have "XML" or "xml" in their name,
plus 7 that have "XSL" or "xsl", plus at least one (textproc/xhtml)
that has neither but is definitely XML-related (and installs its files
into ${PREFIX}/share/xml).
DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org
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