Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 12:29:49 +1000 From: Sam Lawrance <boris@brooknet.com.au> To: pav@FreeBSD.org Cc: FreeBSD Ports <ports@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: New category: geography Message-ID: <AE0AAAFB-FB98-4109-BE56-232F36BD9681@brooknet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <1147989509.69696.9.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> References: <1BC08CCE-1820-45A5-BCAB-FE424BED0CC1@brooknet.com.au> <1147989509.69696.9.camel@ikaros.oook.cz>
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On 19/05/2006, at 7:58 AM, Pav Lucistnik wrote: > Sam Lawrance p=C3=AD=C5=A1e v =C4=8Dt 18. 05. 2006 v 20:41 +1000: > >> I would like to create a new category "geography", encompassing the >> following types of ports: >> >> - Mapping - editing, viewing, format conversion (eg. graphics/=20 >> jumpgis) >> - Geographic information systems and utilities (eg. databases/=20 >> postgis) >> - GPS applications (eg. astro/gpsman) >> - Weather (eg. astro/gdesklets-goodweather) >> - Other software/services related to location (eg. net/GeoIP) > > Excuse me, pal, but how exactly does weather fit into a geographical > applications? > > Sounds more like a deskutils type of business. And, of course, it's > rather fine where it's now, in astro. Let me explain, buddy. Since geography is related to the physical features of the earth and =20 its atmosphere, I think it fits quite neatly. An application that tells you about the weather is not an =20 astronomical utility. Deskutils would be a worse choice, it's the =20 "misc" of the desktop world. Cheers :-) Sam
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