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Date:      Tue, 16 May 2006 07:07:50 -0400
From:      Randy Pratt <bsd-unix@earthlink.net>
To:        Shaun Amott <shaun@inerd.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: New category - ports/packages specific tools?
Message-ID:  <20060516070750.df210cfd.bsd-unix@earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <20060515222815.GA2535@picobyte.net>
References:  <20060515222815.GA2535@picobyte.net>

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On Mon, 15 May 2006 23:28:16 +0100
Shaun Amott <shaun@inerd.com> wrote:

> There are lots of nifty tools in ports for handling ports and packages.
> It would be nice if they were all in one, easy to find place.
> 
> I think there are enough of these kind of ports to warrant a new
> category. What does everyone think about this?
> 
> I'm not sure on a name yet -- "freebsd", "ports", "tools", and
> "portutils" are my initial ideas.
> 
> Possible candidates for the new category:
> 
> devel/portcheckout
> devel/portlint
> devel/portmk
> devel/porttools
> misc/porteasy
> misc/portell
> security/portaudit
> security/portaudit-db
> sysutils/newportsversioncheck
> sysutils/pkg-orphan
> sysutils/pkg_cutleaves
> sysutils/pkg_install
> sysutils/pkg_install-devel
> sysutils/pkg_remove
> sysutils/pkg_rmleaves
> sysutils/pkg_trackinst
> sysutils/pkg_tree
> sysutils/pkgfe
> sysutils/port-authoring-tools
> sysutils/port-maintenance-tools
> sysutils/portbrowser
> sysutils/portdowngrade
> sysutils/portmanager
> sysutils/portmaster
> sysutils/portsearch
> sysutils/portsman
> sysutils/portsnap
> sysutils/portupgrade
> 
> Plus maybe (not ports-specific, so perhaps not):
> 
> net/csup
> net/cvsup
> net/cvsup-mirror
> net/cvsup-without-gui
> 
> Have I missed any?

sysutils/p5-FreeBSD-Portindex

I think this is an excellent idea.  It would make it much easier
to point new users to a category for ports tools.  I'd vote for
this to go ahead regardless of the number of ports.

Randy

> -- 
> Shaun Amott [ PGP: 0x6B387A9A ]
>     Scientia Est Potentia.
> 


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