Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 21:08:06 +0300 From: Alex Kapranoff <alex@kapran.bitmcnit.bryansk.su> To: "Person, Roderick" <personrp@ccbh.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD software [was Re: The Bazaar part II] Message-ID: <19991217210806.B1038@kapran.bitmcnit.bryansk.su> In-Reply-To: <576A688A7DA7D011899B00805FEA1AFF9ADA63@sych02.isdip.upmc.edu>; from personrp@ccbh.com on Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 04:10:36PM -0500 References: <576A688A7DA7D011899B00805FEA1AFF9ADA63@sych02.isdip.upmc.edu>
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On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 04:10:36PM -0500, Person, Roderick wrote: > > Take a look at the packages collection, these are prebuilt > binaries > > based on the ports collection. > Ok, maybe I'm just not clear enough. I know about the ports collections. I > use it religiously. But, there has to be apps for freeBSD that exist outside > of the ports collections. My favorite mail app from Linux doesn't exist > anywhere on a FreeBSD, not in the ports not in the packages. But, the Home > page of the apps suggested that it has be compile against FreeBSD. So, I > download the source and compiled it for FBSD. I'm just suggesting a FreeBSD Why don't you just submit that wonderful app to the ports collection? Why create websites for searching FreeBSD-apps and not use the www.freebsd.org/ports? You miss something from the list - then add it. I think FreeBSD win in being centralized not scattered across the Net. I believe that every program which is said to run on FreeBSD _should_ be present in ports tree. So that I don't use some awkward websearch but just cd /usr/ports; grep mail INDEX | more -- Alex Kapranoff, 2:50/383.20@fidonet, Voice: +7(0832)791845. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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