cvs commit: ports/audio Makefile ports/audio/libnoise Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist

[Andrew Pantyukhin]

On 8/29/06, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe at freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 12:34:43PM +0000, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote:
> > sat         2006-08-28 12:34:43 UTC
> >
> >   FreeBSD ports repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     audio                Makefile
> >   Added files:
> >     audio/libnoise       Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist
> >   Log:
> >   Add port audio/libnoise:
> >
> >   libnoise is a portable C++ library that is used to generate coherent
> >   noise, a type of smoothly-changing noise. libnoise can generate
> >   Perlin noise, ridged multifractal noise, and other types of
> >   coherent-noise.
>
> May I wonder why did you place it in `audio'?  Judging from description,
> it far better suited for `devel'.

It's in the book :-)

"devel - Development utilities. - Do not put libraries here just because they
are libraries--unless they truly do not belong anywhere else, they should
not be in this category."

libnoise produces quite audible noise and is used in some games to
produce the sound of engine and what not. I can't see why it doesn't
belong in audio.