Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 18:45:46 +0200 From: Oliver Lehmann <lehmann@ans-netz.de> To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/www is too full Message-ID: <20041022184546.50783a1a.lehmann@ans-netz.de> In-Reply-To: <20041022074529.GN10363@k7.mavetju> References: <20041022074529.GN10363@k7.mavetju>
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Edwin Groothuis wrote: > Ports/www is too full: 755 ports. > I don't see the point for splitting it. The problem I have (for example still with net and net-mgmt) is, I know what application I want to install. Problems with such a dividing is.. where the hell is my port in. I really have to start searching then where I for example found mod_php. Is it in www-servers-modules, is it in www-devel-php, or... hm, is it in devel or in lang? You see what I mean? Now "It has sth. to do with www, so it should be in www" -> "cd /usr/ports/www/mod_p<tab>" -> "ah there it is" Having many of subcategories would result in using heavaly make search or cd /usr/ports/*/mod_php4 which can take some time. and could fail of 1+ match. Virtual categories are fine imho. But please no pysical ones. What is the difference of having 700 directories in one dir or 3000? -- Oliver Lehmann http://www.pofo.de/ http://wishlist.ans-netz.de/
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