From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 19 06:50:17 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42B4C16A4CE for ; Wed, 19 May 2004 06:50:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.rdsnet.ro (smtp.rdsnet.ro [62.231.74.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5737C43D1F for ; Wed, 19 May 2004 06:50:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from itetcu@apropo.ro) Received: (qmail 8637 invoked by uid 89); 19 May 2004 13:42:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO rdsnet.ro) (62.231.74.131) by 0 with SMTP; 19 May 2004 13:42:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 2083 invoked from network); 19 May 2004 13:49:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO buh.cameradicommercio.ro) (81.196.25.19) by mail.rdsnet.ro with SMTP; 19 May 2004 13:49:26 -0000 Received: from it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro [192.168.0.10]) by buh.cameradicommercio.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30AC660D0; Wed, 19 May 2004 16:49:08 +0300 (EEST) Received: from localhost (localhost.buh.cameradicommercio.ro [127.0.0.1]) by it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP id E38C2112; Wed, 19 May 2004 16:53:09 +0300 (EEST) Received: from it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro ([127.0.0.1])port 10024) with ESMTP id 17891-08; Wed, 19 May 2004 16:53:09 +0300 (EEST) Received: from it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (localhost.buh.cameradicommercio.ro [127.0.0.1]) by it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (Postfix) with SMTP id 27A061E; Wed, 19 May 2004 16:53:09 +0300 (EEST) Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 16:53:06 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu To: Kris Kennaway Message-Id: <20040519165306.30cd30f2@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> In-Reply-To: <20040519122810.GA97256@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20040519122810.GA97256@xor.obsecurity.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: "Featured ports of the month" X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 13:50:17 -0000 On Wed, 19 May 2004 05:28:10 -0700 Kris Kennaway wrote: > Here's an idea I just had (while pondering whether the x2x port is the > most useful X tool ever): > > The ports collection is so large thesedays that it can be hard to find > something unless you already have some idea about what you're looking > for. However those of us who have been using FreeBSD for a while tend > to have picked up a collection of ports that are now essential for our > day-to-day FreeBSD use. [..] This would be something like Dru has done on Oreilly's onLamp with a couple of articles, AFAIK. I would try to take the job if no one more knowledgeable from doc@ or here is interested. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"