Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 15:53:24 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Featured ports of the month" Message-ID: <20040519155111.I937@pukruppa.net> In-Reply-To: <20040519122810.GA97256@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20040519122810.GA97256@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Wed, 19 May 2004, 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.
>
> It would be a nice project to publicize these a bit. For example, we
> could ask users to submit a write-up of ports that they find
> remarkable or useful, explaining briefly what the port does and why
> it's cool or useful to them. Once a month or so a selection of these
> could be posted on the website.
Nice idea, sourceforge.net does something like this and one
always gets good hints for something new to test.
Regards,
Uli.
>
> This project would need one or more coordinators, to solicit
> submissions from users as needed, select the items for publication and
> update the webpages.
>
> Is anyone interested in taking this on?
>
> Kris
>
>
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