From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Oct 24 19:24:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-ports Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA13625 for ports-outgoing; Thu, 24 Oct 1996 19:24:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from veda.is (ubiq.veda.is [193.4.230.60]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA13579; Thu, 24 Oct 1996 19:23:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from adam@localhost) by veda.is (8.8.2/8.7.3) id CAA05303; Fri, 25 Oct 1996 02:23:37 GMT From: Adam David Message-Id: <199610250223.CAA05303@veda.is> Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/databases/p5-DBI - Imported sources To: jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber) Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 02:23:33 +0000 (GMT) Cc: asami@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from John Fieber at "Oct 24, 96 09:14:50 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-ports@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > Of course, virtual categories break the tradition of having each > > > CATEGORIES keyword correspond with a physical directory, but is > > > that absolutely necessary? > > > > Not necessary. Even too limiting. > > However, there is the danger that people would start creating > virtual categories with reckless abandon, creating a mess of the > whole thing. Not that it *will* happen, but it certainly could > and is something to keep an eye on. > > -john > > == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== > == http://fallout.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ================ > So define a policy, and give the portsmeister absolute veto on what categories get created. An unofficial category would show up as bogus anyway, or such a scheme could be implemented if necessary. -- Adam David