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Date:      Tue, 16 May 2006 14:13:37 +0100
From:      Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Spadge <spadge@fromley.net>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New category - ports/packages specific tools?
Message-ID:  <1147785217.3260.11.camel@mayday.esat.net>
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On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 13:42 +0100, Spadge wrote:
> Hans Lambermont wrote:
> > Matthew Seaman wrote:
> >=20
> >> Randy Pratt wrote:
> >>> Shaun Amott <shaun@inerd.com> wrote:
> >>>> There are lots of nifty tools in ports for handling ports and packag=
es.
> >>>> It would be nice if they were all in one, easy to find place.
> > ...
> >>> I think this is an excellent idea.  It would make it much easier
> >>> to point new users to a category for ports tools.  I'd vote for
> >>> this to go ahead regardless of the number of ports.
> >> The first step surely is a virtual category.
> > ...
> >=20
> > I'd like to see this happen as well. Next to the ease of use I'm
> > convinced that the grouping of ports management tools will improve them
> > in the longer run.
> >=20
> > regards,
> >    Hans Lambermont
>=20
> "If you build it they will come"
>=20
> Maybe this will subliminally encourage people to write ports management=20
> tools :)

I'd rather encourage people to fix or improve existing ones.

I'd vote for this new category though.

--=20
Florent Thoumie
flz@FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD Committer

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