Flaws in the ports system?

[Parv]

in message <43583699.9050308 at datacomm.ch>, wrote Benjamin Lutz
thusly...
>
> Parv wrote:
> > It seems anybody who does not like "make search" and is able to
> > generate an alternative, does.  I did.  And so did[0] Matthew
> > Seaman by having sysutils/p5-FreeBSD-Portindex in the ports
> > system.
> 
> Heh, seems so. But then it's very easy to do so with the INDEX
> file already existing and being easily parseable, and writing such
> a tool is a fun (and rewarding) programming exercise.

Indeed.


> I guess what's missing is an all-powerful search tool. I have some
> ideas, maybe around christmas I find some time to write something.

Can you give us a glimpse of what else is it that you think is
missing for Dec 25 is more than 2 months away?


  - Parv

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