Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 11:44:29 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> To: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Cc: "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Suggesting new virtual categories: physics and chemistry Message-ID: <45DB14EE-0B3A-47F6-8A0F-27AEB18D226A@adamw.org> In-Reply-To: <4de17fb0-6821-d278-3ceb-e638f471dbc9@rawbw.com> References: <4de17fb0-6821-d278-3ceb-e638f471dbc9@rawbw.com>
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> On 14 Dec, 2017, at 9:47, Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> wrote: > > Some ports naturally fall under these categories: > > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D13481 > > > Thanks, > Yuri I am a big fan of virtual categories. They make wading through the nearly 30,000 ports a much easier task. It's even more important for specialized fields of study. The downside to categories is that they make it WORSE if they're not maintained. Part of the new category process is making 100% sure that all chemistry and physics ports are located (be sure to look in biology/ and math/ too). There's no minimum number of ports required to create a category, and precedent is simply "more than a few." Six ports (as proposed for physics) is almost certainly too low. It might be more useful to just make sure that the word "physics" appears in the COMMENT for those ports. # Adam -- Adam Weinberger adamw@adamw.org http://www.adamw.org
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