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Date:      Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:06:14 +0100
From:      Ulrich =?utf-8?B?U3DDtnJsZWlu?= <uqs@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Martin Wilke <miwi@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports <ports@FreeBSD.org>, x11@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: [HEADS UP] Ports Infrastructure Changes
Message-ID:  <20110324200614.GW85668@acme.spoerlein.net>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimuxnfb6ys%2Bx9GFRrQvNOdje6TTP-L7jgDkWBqZ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 19.03.2011 at 09:49:39 +0800, Martin Wilke wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> as the Ports Collection continue to grow, we have decided to
> do some changes to the category layout. The www category, second
> largest with over 2000 individual ports, will have three subcategories
> spinned out. On the other side, x11-servers category, with only
> 10 ports, will be folded into regular x11 category.

Why? I can understand you'd like to move the handful of x11-servers into
x11, but what do you gain by splitting www?

The time and repo-churn could probably be spent on something more
constructive than moving ports around.

Uli -- "Hierarchies don't work!"



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