Update port: www/screem 0.8.2 -> 0.10.1, repo copy www -> editors and some clean up

Joe Marcus Clarke marcus at marcuscom.com
Wed Mar 31 11:06:28 PST 2004


On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 13:29, John Merryweather Cooper wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 10:20, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 13:06, John Merryweather Cooper wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 09:59, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 12:56, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 15:25:54 +0200, Kirill Ponomarew <krion at FreeBSD.org> 
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 03:19:47PM +0200, Pav Lucistnik wrote:
> > > > > >> With www/peacock maintainer's hat on:
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> OMG why??
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Because these *are* editors, doesn't matter what formats they
> > > > > > can edit. The main purpose of this software is to edit
> > > > > > something.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I second!
> > > > 
> > > > I third.  Their primary purpose is an editor.  They should be
> > > > cross-referenced to www.  That way, all the indexing tools will still
> > > > show them in both categories.
> > > > 
> > > > Joe
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Well, once you've got a committer on your side, I'm going to lose, but I
> > > think the organization structure of the tree needs some serious
> > > consideration if we're heading in this direction.
> > 
> > My opinion certainly isn't law.  I agree that the tree does need some
> > work, and probably some dedicated resources to do cataloging.  Portmgr
> > is working on a new tree layout, so it's probably good to leave things
> > where they are for now.  However, if I was adding an HTML editor, my
> > first thought would be, "editors."
> > 
> > Joe
> 
> Making this a more useful thread, our we headed toward a taxonomy that's
> more functionally oriented or more descriptively oriented?  Whichever
> direction we're headed, what are the guidelines--stated clearly enough
> so a new port author can traverse the guidelines and come up with a
> placement--that are proposed?

I'd rather not comment at this time.  Once we have something definitive,
we will make a public announcement, and all the instructions, and
documentation will be in place.

Joe

> 
> jmc
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