[Bug 261765] FAQ: ports: explain that there is no FreeBSD-provided human-readable list/index of all ports (or all packages) for any platform

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=261765

            Bug ID: 261765
           Summary: FAQ: ports: explain that there is no FreeBSD-provided
                    human-readable list/index of all ports (or all
                    packages) for any platform
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
               URL: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/blob/main/docum
                    entation/content/en/books/faq/_index.adoc
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: doc@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: grahamperrin@gmail.com

Recently, under <https://forums.freebsd.org/posts/555115>: 

>> … if FreshPorts is giving a list of all the packages existing ? 
>> because I found only this "https://www.freshports.org/categories.php", 
>> but it would be better if there is a text file on GitHub or somewhere 
>> else with all available packages.

With bug 247998 there's no expectation of an official FreeBSD-provided index
(or list) of this nature for any supported platform. My response in FreeBSD
Forums:

> … I should not expect FreshPorts to provide anything like equivalent 
> indices or listings for the gamut of supported platforms.

Let's add a suitably worded paragraph to the book of frequently asked
questions. I mean, it's not a terribly frequent question, however it _is_ an
obvious thing for people to ask. Let's direct readers to the resource that will
most likely meet a _comparable_ requirement. 

Two sentences might cover it. 

A plain English expression of the summary line of this bug report, plus where
to go, and why. 

Plain English, then localised.

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