[nycbug-talk] ports. . .

[michael]

On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 21:45:28 -0400
"George R." <george at sddi.net> wrote:


<snip> 
> Would it be useful to create an area on the upcoming www site revision
> 
> with port reviews?  (sorry to jump in your space MW). . . The idea is 
> that there's so many ports out there, and over time we all find the
> ones  we like/need in a desktop or server context, but I know from my 
> experience, I tend to learn more about ports on this list than
> anywhere  else.  

<snip>

How would you lay it out?
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Ports we find useful                                      | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
|          |             |                  |               |
| Category | SubCategory | /usr/ports/path  | why I like it |
|          |             |                  |               |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+

It could be a little bit of maintenance chore, but if done right, could
prove to be valuable.


> The other way is that I watch as cvsup updates ports,
> and think  'hey, that looks interesting. . .'

.. so it is not just me.. haha 

Michael