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Date:      Wed, 27 Oct 2004 02:58:26 +0200
From:      Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ports/www is too full
Message-ID:  <200410270258.31083.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
In-Reply-To: <20041026200121.GS94897@seekingfire.com>
References:  <20041022074529.GN10363@k7.mavetju> <200410262153.22929.matt@fruitsalad.org> <20041026200121.GS94897@seekingfire.com>

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On Tuesday, 26. October 2004 22:01, Tillman Hodgson wrote:

> Nice tool. But how does that help with quick window-shopping?

A ports tree can't ever be a decent shop window, there's just no way of=20
displaying enough information about the goods on sale in a filesystem=20
listing. Thus there's no point in putting more boards into the shelf - if y=
ou=20
want to go window-shopping for software, use freshmeat, then feed your pick=
s=20
to locate, make search or freshports.

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