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 > > +---------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---------------------------+
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