From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 30 22:43:46 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88C9B16A4CE for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:43:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from sage.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3038943F3F for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:43:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (root@tao [10.0.0.247]) by sage.thought.org (8.12.9/8.11.4) with ESMTP id hB16hg5G081082; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:43:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by thought.org (8.12.6/8.11.3) id hB16hdeE046443; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:43:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:43:38 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa Message-ID: <20031201064338.GA46410@tao.thought.org> References: <20031130063331.Q1722@pukruppa.net> <1070174622.68747.157.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20031201064836.M1722@pukruppa.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031201064836.M1722@pukruppa.net> X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 17 years of service to the Unix community User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i cc: FreeBSD User Questions List Subject: Re: mozilla metaport ??? [was:] view postscript files from mozilla? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 06:43:46 -0000 On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 07:03:01AM +0100, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > I just wondered, if it would make sense to create some kind of > mozilla metaport (could be called FBSD-mozilla or gnome-mozilla), > that sets up all known plugins, wrappers, fonts - perhaps also > languages and some themes - automagically. > > Thus the naive user - like me - could install a fully qualified > and state-of-the-art browser without having to experiment with > different kinds of mozilla with and without linux, jdk's and so > on. > I'd sure buy into this! After spending hours fumbling around with linux-jdk ... . (*mumble*) It's probably the porters wsho understand what fits with what and could best put together this kind of metaport. echo to stdout things like: "THIS will not work with THAT because of x, y, z". Or refuse (unless -f [forced) to portupgrade quasi-stable versions of linujx-mozilla-devel to non-stable alpha versions. gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix