Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 05:17:18 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: mrcpu@cdsnet.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pib comments. Message-ID: <280.852383838@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 04 Jan 1997 23:18:24 %2B1030." <199701041248.XAA23499@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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> ... and I'll squash this one before it gets loose too. Satoshi was > _very_ prompt in coming forwards with changes to the ports structure > necessary for reasonably efficient management. I meant no disregard for Satoshi's efforts - I was merely referring to limitations in the INDEX file + distributed port information scheme which makes it necessary to traverse the entire tree of 700+ ports if you want to know a little more information about, say, which ports go into /usr/local and which go into /usr/X11R6, or which are "legal" and which are not. In a modern GUI kinda environment, you'd have a button for "show installation trees" and all the ports would suddenly jump into columns, grouped by destination hierarchy, or if you clicked on "Highlight -> LEGAL", all the tainted ones would show up in red. I defy you to provide that level of functionality without keeping a cache. :-) Jordan
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