Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:15:06 +0930 From: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> To: Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: why is ports web page so far out of date Message-ID: <51B013D2.5070106@ShaneWare.Biz> In-Reply-To: <CAFuo_fxWiYx6ZAsMy-E8rqNho0pWpK7rAu_TRH-4BtdNfYnd8g@mail.gmail.com> References: <51ADD8AF.5010102@a1poweruser.com> <op.wx5rflwv34t2sn@markf.office.supranet.net> <CAFuo_fxWiYx6ZAsMy-E8rqNho0pWpK7rAu_TRH-4BtdNfYnd8g@mail.gmail.com>
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On 05/06/2013 17:00, Waitman Gobble wrote: > If you must have a web based version, another option is DIY roll your > own ports index based on your own local ports tree. At least you can > set it up how you want. > > a simple quick-together script running on my computer: > https://dx.burplex.com/FreeBSD-ports/index.php > > there's a github link at the bottom of the page you can hack on if you wanna. > > cool thing is you can easily cross-reference all the corresponding > gnats PR files in your mailbox to the generated port page, i'll add > that bit tomorrow. That looks useful. One thing I would think of adding is a search box. I would have thought of breaking the lists into pages but am surprised at how fast the longer pages are generated. One port that it has an issue with is devel/pear-HTML_Select_Common the <select> in the pkg-desc consumes all the following ports info. So you probably want to escape or translate "<" ">" into < >
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