Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 10:10:23 -0600 (MDT) From: Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com> To: dannyman <dannyman@dannyland.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New ports scheme Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980702095334.29419A-100000@altrox.atipa.com> In-Reply-To: <19980702102203.B1763@enteract.com>
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> Ermm ... if we're going to muck with the ports directory structure anyway, > maybe we might consider having more than one directory level? like > net/irc/bitchx, net/ftp/ncftp3, etc ... ? Sounds good, except that many ports would be their entire "Application Type" group. I like the idea though; add more sorting heuristics, based 3 layers deep: 1) Language (filter out unused languages at top) 2) Base Group (net, security, mail, etc.) 3) Application Type (ftp, wrappers, POP3, etc.) This would also give us a more modular foreign language heirarchy. If we had a local variable for pertinent languages (in /etc/make.conf, or elsewhere; doesn't really matter), we could cut down useless files dramatically. I am very appreciative for all the work done on non-english ports, but I think the average user wastes time, space, and bandwidth maintaining files he or she can not even read. I do not think anyone uses applications from more than 2 (_maybe_ 3) of the following groups: chinese, japanese, korean, russian, german, english. This organization would be good for a nice dynamic front-end. Kevin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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