Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:23:22 -0700 From: Jason Helfman <jhelfman@e-e.com> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Peter Jeffery <peterj@mister-j.dyndns.org> Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] Ports Infrastructure Changes Message-ID: <20110324162321.GG51385@eggman.experts-exchange.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikto771%2BfEP7iLqWjT=zTASa-SpeVdJFtzLWSjS@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103192316110.84574@dee.signature.nl> <AANLkTim5Lf31sJH634sb976xDsekg53jQmvenYcuR9dq@mail.gmail.com> <op.vsslnf05oxde33@pete01.gateway.2wire.net> <4D8A2A79.4010908@FreeBSD.org> <AANLkTikNC0ET6CcOvHHJnvZwxaLpxpyVKBHt77jRo_Xm@mail.gmail.com> <op.vsul9te6oxde33@pete12.mister-j.org.uk> <AANLkTikto771%2BfEP7iLqWjT=zTASa-SpeVdJFtzLWSjS@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:38:48AM -0500, Eitan Adler thus spake: >> you can then build category based directories with symlinks to the main >> location based on what categories > >My ports-mgmt/symports does something like this. It builds a full >directory tree of symlinks for the "secondary" categories. > >> I'm sure that something like this has been mentioned before. But I don't see >> what else is going to stop >> the categorization issue popping up all of the time. > >If we alphabetized the ports then there would be constant conversation >about how whether or not we should categorize them. > >-- >Eitan Adler When this change goes in, it may be a good idea to commit a documentation change, as well, that cleans up and adds the new categories here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefile-categories.html -jgh -- Jason Helfman System Administrator experts-exchange.com http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_4830110.html E4AD 7CF1 1396 27F6 79DD 4342 5E92 AD66 8C8C FBA5
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