Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 10:03:18 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>, Will Andrews <will@FreeBSD.org>, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/archivers Makefile ports/archivers/macutil Makefile ports/archivers/macutil/files md5 ports/archivers/macutil/patches patch-aa ports/archivers/macutil/pkg COMMENT DESCR PLIST Message-ID: <20000605100318.H8523@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <vqcn1l0r6db.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>; from asami@FreeBSD.org on Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 11:26:07PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006032142550.37960-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <vqcn1l0r6db.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>
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On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 11:26:07PM -0700, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote: > Also, they are usually grouped together even if their functionality > are diferent, so if we move the extraction-only programs to archivers, > users will have to search both archivers and emulators to find > something that can read binhex. > > Anyway. 1-0 is hardly a valid vote. Anybody else want to comment? :) If they are manipulating files from another format, its an archiver. If they are doing something with those files other then extracting or compressing or archiving (like playing them, etc) its an emulator. -- Bill Fumerola - Network Architect / Computer Horizons Corp - CVM e-mail: billf@chc-chimes.com / billf@FreeBSD.org PS. My archiver definition is ambiguous but I don't want to write an essay. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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