Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 12:51:20 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: "Featured ports of the month" Message-ID: <20040523032120.GP91588@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20040519122810.GA97256@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20040519122810.GA97256@xor.obsecurity.org>
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--TRkqPRiqIDKgfg/F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday, 19 May 2004 at 5:28:10 -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > Here's an idea I just had (while pondering whether the x2x port is the > most useful X tool ever): Glad that you like it. I use it all the time, of course. > 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. Excellent idea. In fact, I had it over two years ago and started the Daemon News series "Trawling the Ports Collection". I then discovered that it's not easy to write good articles about a new port every month. I asked for help, but none came, and I ended up stopping the series. I still think it's a very good idea, but we need people Greg -- Note: I discard all HTML mail unseen. Finger grog@FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --TRkqPRiqIDKgfg/F Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAsBiwIubykFB6QiMRAoclAJ9maLfUGp67eczTKfFh/bhedDG7vgCbBek3 RBGD3pOsv5G7XTO37MBiHv4= =NGYM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TRkqPRiqIDKgfg/F--
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