Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:29:05 -0800 From: John Merryweather Cooper <john_m_cooper@yahoo.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Update port: www/screem 0.8.2 -> 0.10.1, repo copy www -> editors and some clean up Message-ID: <1080757743.669.24.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1080757219.889.16.camel@gyros> References: <200403310656.i2V6uS7p029577@ns1.mezzweb.com> <1080731748.648.12.camel@localhost> <c4ees2$juu$1@sea.gmane.org> <1080739187.73073.28.camel@hood.oook.cz> <20040331132554.GC84869@voodoo.oberon.net> <1080755962.889.13.camel@gyros> <1080756364.669.19.camel@localhost> <1080757219.889.16.camel@gyros>
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On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 10:20, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 13:06, John Merryweather Cooper wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 09:59, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 12:56, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > > > > On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 15:25:54 +0200, Kirill Ponomarew <krion@FreeBSD.org> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 03:19:47PM +0200, Pav Lucistnik wrote: > > > > >> With www/peacock maintainer's hat on: > > > > >> > > > > >> OMG why?? > > > > > > > > > > Because these *are* editors, doesn't matter what formats they > > > > > can edit. The main purpose of this software is to edit > > > > > something. > > > > > > > > I second! > > > > > > I third. Their primary purpose is an editor. They should be > > > cross-referenced to www. That way, all the indexing tools will still > > > show them in both categories. > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > Well, once you've got a committer on your side, I'm going to lose, but I > > think the organization structure of the tree needs some serious > > consideration if we're heading in this direction. > > My opinion certainly isn't law. I agree that the tree does need some > work, and probably some dedicated resources to do cataloging. Portmgr > is working on a new tree layout, so it's probably good to leave things > where they are for now. However, if I was adding an HTML editor, my > first thought would be, "editors." > > Joe Making this a more useful thread, our we headed toward a taxonomy that's more functionally oriented or more descriptively oriented? Whichever direction we're headed, what are the guidelines--stated clearly enough so a new port author can traverse the guidelines and come up with a placement--that are proposed? jmc
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