Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 01:17:48 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Panagiotis Astithas <past@ebs.gr> Cc: gnome <freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: A few suggestions Message-ID: <1131344268.17222.46.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <436CA295.4040206@ebs.gr> References: <436CA295.4040206@ebs.gr>
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--=-8fMWWeCKdyH7iUN389EZ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 14:16 +0200, Panagiotis Astithas wrote: > While performing my upgrade to gnome 2.12.1, I noticed that in the FAQ=20 > there is a mention of using cvsup for updating the ports tree. Perhaps=20 > we could add a mention of portsnap as well, now that it is in the base=20 > system. Can you draft up a paragraph on this for the FAQ? >=20 > On another note, I've been using a few FreeBSD-specific gnome/gtk apps=20 > that improve the usability of the system and the integration with the=20 > desktop environment, like sysutils/thefish, sysutils/gtk-send-pr and=20 > even sysutils/bpm. The thing is, someone who hasn't been using FreeBSD=20 > for a long time, is unlikely to be aware of their existence. If they=20 > could be included in gnome2-power-tools or somesuch=20 > (gnome2-freebsd-tools, gnome2-system-tools?), chances are they could be=20 > spotted more easily. I suspect there might be others among the 13000=20 > ports I haven't discovered yet and I personally have some plans for some=20 > new ones. It would be nice if there could be a metaport to host them all. Not a bad idea. Adding these to power-tools is probably the way to go. Joe --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-8fMWWeCKdyH7iUN389EZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDbvGMb2iPiv4Uz4cRAiI2AJ4l00qRj7+qR/2OHSKOdeh7TVNaDACgsE1s x4EAA2oOklSsf+AGye3pYHY= =OGHx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-8fMWWeCKdyH7iUN389EZ--
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