Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:41:33 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Jason Helfman <jhelfman@e-e.com> Cc: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Peter Jeffery <peterj@mister-j.dyndns.org> Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] Ports Infrastructure Changes Message-ID: <20110324164133.GA43818@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20110324162321.GG51385@eggman.experts-exchange.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> <20110324162321.GG51385@eggman.experts-exchange.com>
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On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 09:23:22AM -0700, Jason Helfman wrote: > 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 I'm against this change. I've never had any problems with the way ports are categorised. Also, refuse file is arranged in categories, so I can, and often do, remove the whole categories of ports from my /usr/ports, e.g. languages which I don't speak, or java, or whatever. Spending time and energy on rearranging everything in alphabetic order is a waste of time and will not help me a bit. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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