New GNOME meta-ports [summary]

Andreas Almquist andreas.almquist at home.se
Wed Jan 7 07:05:19 PST 2004


Jeremy Messenger wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 21:40:14 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke 
> <marcus at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
>> After reviewing everyone's comments, I have decided to move forward with
>> the following.  This is mainly to get something in the tree, and avoid a
>> long Bikeshed of Death.  However, if what I say here sounds completely
>> whack, let me know quickly.
>>
>> x11/gnome2 and x11/gnome2-lite will remain the same as they are now.
>> x11/gnome2 will remain in sync with the GNOME Desktop as defined by
>> Gnome.org.  x11/gnome2-lite will be a subset of x11/gnome2, and will
>> change at the request of re at .
> 
> 
> Perfect.
> 
>> x11/gnome2-fifth-toe will change to include the following:
>>
>> graphics/gthumb2
>> news/pan2
>> net/gnomeicu2
>> x11-toolkits/gnome-themes-extras
>> graphics/gimp-devel
>> www/bluefish-devel
>> net/tsclient
>> graphics/sodipodi
>> graphics/inkscape
>> security/seahorse
>> ftp/gftp
>> net/gossip
>> audio/rhythmbox
>> net/straw
>> net/lifearea
>> multimedia/totem
>> irc/xchat2
>> net/gaim
>> www/galeon2
>> audio/jamboree
>>
>> x11/gnome2-(power-tools) (as Adam suggested, we may need a better name)
>> will contain the following:
> 
> 
> Agree, need a better name...... How about x11/gnome2-extra-tools? I 
> think, it sounds good.
>

Why not just x11/gnome2-extras

Cheers,
Andreas

>> devel/gnomevfs-extras
>> sysutils/gnome-pkgview
>> misc/quick-lounge-applet
>> x11/gswitchit
>> editors/dasher
>> net/netspeed_applet
>> editors/gedit-plugins
>> deskutils/gdesklets
>> sysutils/gkrellm2
>> [www/epiphany-extensions] (only available for GNOME 2.5)
>> net/gnomenetwork
>> net/gnomenetstatus
>>
>> devel/gnome2-hacker-tools will consist of the following:
>>
>> editors/mlview
>> devel/gnomecommon
>> devel/glade2
>> editors/ghex2
>> devel/regexxer
>> editors/conglomerate
>> devel/anjuta-devel
>> texproc/meld
>>
>> And finally, editors/gnome2-office (editors/ to follow koffice) will
>> consist of the following:
>>
>> math/gnumeric2
>> deskutils/mrproject (to be renamed planner when cvs@ does the repo copy)
>> graphics/dia
>> deskutils/glabels
>> mail/evolution
>> editors/AbiWord2
>> databases/mergeant
>>
>> Here is my thinking behind each meta-port.  The Fifth Toe should consist
>> of relatively stable applications that virtually every user would expect
>> to see as part of a desktop.  When thinking about applications for this
>> meta-port, consider what MacOS X and Windows offer in their default
>> desktops.
> 
> 
> Ok, it sounds good and I agree..
> 
>> Power Tools (or whatever we decide to call it) should be more utilities
>> that power users or advanced users would want.  Applications in this
>> category would be found under System Tools in Windows or
>> Applications/Utilities in MacOS X.  This category could also contain
>> enhancements to core Desktop or Fifth Toe components (compliments, if
>> you will).
>>
>> Hacker Tools are programmer tools.  This meta-port should contain IDEs,
>> interface builders, hacker editors, and other tools to build and
>> maintain code.
>>
>> Office should provide applications that are comparable to those included
>> in Microsoft Office.  That is, they should provide the user with word
>> processing, spreadsheet, presentation, database access, groupware, and
>> project management applications.
>>
>> Any final thoughts on these before I commit these to the tree?  I'll
>> hold off on Power Tools until we come to a naming consensus. Thanks.
> 
> 
> No object (only on gkrellm, but doesn't matter to me thought) here.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mezz
> 
>> Joe
> 
> 
> 


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