From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Aug 7 00:20:06 1996 Return-Path: owner-bugs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA21363 for bugs-outgoing; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 00:20:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA21338; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 00:20:04 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 00:20:04 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Message-Id: <199608070720.AAA21338@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: gnats (GNATS Management) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats@freefall.FreeBSD.org, leonard@dstc.edu.au Received: from trapdoor.dstc.edu.au (root@trapdoor.dstc.edu.au [130.102.176.12]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA20941 for ; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 00:13:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scry.dstc.edu.au (scry.dstc.edu.au [130.102.176.222]) by trapdoor.dstc.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.12) with ESMTP id RAA02445 for ; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 17:12:58 +1000 Received: (from d@localhost) by scry.dstc.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA11776; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 17:14:21 +1000 Message-Id: <199608070714.RAA11776@scry.dstc.edu.au> Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 17:14:21 +1000 From: David Leonard Reply-To: leonard@dstc.edu.au To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: ports/1470: need more info in the ports structure Sender: owner-bugs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Number: 1470 >Category: ports >Synopsis: need more info in the ports structure >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Aug 7 00:20:02 PDT 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: David Leonard >Organization: DSTC, Brisbane, Australia +61 7 3365 4310 >Release: FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386 >Environment: FreeBSD scry.dstc.edu.au 2.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT #2: Fri Jul 26 17:14:34 EST 1996 d@scry.dstc.edu.au:/u2/src/freebsd/sys/sys/compile/SCRY i386 >Description: I'd like to see some descriptions of the various components of the ports directory. This desire actually came about when wandering around the freebsd website. (like the packages have already, i think) This could have gone to the category www >How-To-Repeat: http://www2.au.freebsd.org/FreeBSD-mirror/data/ports/index.html Unless you're savvy with the ports tree as a whole it looks pretty intimidating (i think). >Fix: The README in the ports directory(s) could contain short descriptions of all the subdirectories, and the freebsd web tree could include the descriptions as part of the index. As a first bite at the problem, may i suggest: Archivers - file compression and archive tools Audio - audio converters, generators, players; CD players Benchmarks - (sub)system performance measurement tools Cad - computer aided design tools; circuit simulators Comms - communication tools; fax; downloading protocols Databases - database engines and tools Devel - programming aids, libraries, and configuration tools Editors - text and binary editors Emulators - processor, system emulators; filesystem tools Games - job satisfaction Graphics - image and video tools, viewers and libraries Japanese - Japanese language support: dictionaries, ports Lang - programming languages Mail - email readers, servers, tools Math - algebra; data analysis; plotting; spreadsheets Misc - miscellaneous Net - network servers, clients, managers, libs and tools News - Usenet News readers, tools and servers Orphans - nobody knows where they came from Plan9 - plan9-like tools Print - printer and document typesetting tools Printi - typo? Russian - Russian language support Security - Network security: encryption, monitoring, protection Shells - command-line environments Sysutils - System administration utilities Www - WWW browsers & libs, HTTP servers, caches, HTML tools X11 - X Window servers, clients and tools >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: