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Date:      Wed, 5 Oct 2005 09:25:06 -0600
From:      Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com>
To:        Mikhail Teterin <mi+kde@aldan.algebra.com>
Cc:        java@FreeBSD.org, Herve Quiroz <herve.quiroz@esil.univ-mrs.fr>
Subject:   Re: port of Java API of db43
Message-ID:  <20051005152506.GA4496@misty.eyesbeyond.com>
In-Reply-To: <200510050935.37917@aldan>
References:  <200510050304.15715@aldan> <20051005105531.GA61895@arabica.esil.univ-mrs.fr> <200510050935.37917@aldan>

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Hi Mikhail,

On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 09:35:37AM -0400, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 October 2005 06:55 am, Herve Quiroz wrote:
> = Indeed, this port should not use 'java' as its main categroy. I think
> = 'databases' would be a fine choice but that is yours to decide. ?Still,
> = the port needs to hava 'java' among its CATEGORIES (this ports uses
> = Java) but not as the main one.
> 
> I thought about it, but `database' is where the main db4x ports live.
> This port's entire purpose is to provide Java API to Sleepycat.

You mean like databases/jdbc-oracle8i, databases/jdbc-oracle9i,
databases/mysql-connector-java, databases/postgis-jdbc and
databases/postgresql-jdbc all providing Java access to their databases?

I think there is a fairly clear convention here.  Not to mention the
recent discussion on moving ports which are not directly involved with
the JDK into another main category.

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