Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 16:27:45 -0500 From: "Person, Roderick" <personrp@ccbh.com> To: 'Joseph Scott' <joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu> Cc: 'Haikal Saadh' <wyldephyre2@yahoo.com>, Chris Coleman <chrisc@vmunix.com>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: BSD software [was Re: The Bazaar part II] Message-ID: <576A688A7DA7D011899B00805FEA1AFF9ADA64@sych02.isdip.upmc.edu>
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Well I guess this is along the lines of what I mean. I'll have to check it out more and e-mail them too. Thanks! > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Scott [SMTP:joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu] > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 4:18 PM > To: Person, Roderick > Cc: 'Haikal Saadh'; Chris Coleman; advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: BSD software [was Re: The Bazaar part II] > > > "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 > > centric site that includes such apps that aren't found anywhere on > > FreeBSD.org in a binary and source package - not necessarily a FreeBSD > > package, maybe just a binary tar. > > > > I think were arguing for the same thing but with different formats. > > Ok I think I see what you are talking about. Would it be safe to > sum > up what you are describing as : something similar to freshmeat.net > with a focus on FreeBSD apps? > > That being said you may want to check out : > > http://www.bsdapps.org > > I'm not sure how much is there. It takes work to come up with all > this stuff :-) > > If you are interested in something like a freshmeat.net for BSD then > I would either talk to the bsdapps.org folks and help them by > volunteering some time/effort or come up with a design/proposal for a > new site. > > -- > > Joseph Scott > joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu > Office Of Water Programs - CSU Sacramento > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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