New category - ports/packages specific tools?

[Matthew Seaman]

Randy Pratt wrote:
> On Mon, 15 May 2006 23:28:16 +0100
> Shaun Amott <shaun at inerd.com> wrote:
> 
>> There are lots of nifty tools in ports for handling ports and packages.
>> It would be nice if they were all in one, easy to find place.
>>
>> I think there are enough of these kind of ports to warrant a new
>> category. What does everyone think about this?
>>
>> I'm not sure on a name yet -- "freebsd", "ports", "tools", and
>> "portutils" are my initial ideas.
>>
>> Possible candidates for the new category:
>>
>> devel/portcheckout
>> devel/portlint
>> devel/portmk
>> devel/porttools
>> misc/porteasy
>> misc/portell
>> security/portaudit
>> security/portaudit-db
>> sysutils/newportsversioncheck
>> sysutils/pkg-orphan
>> sysutils/pkg_cutleaves
>> sysutils/pkg_install
>> sysutils/pkg_install-devel
>> sysutils/pkg_remove
>> sysutils/pkg_rmleaves
>> sysutils/pkg_trackinst
>> sysutils/pkg_tree
>> sysutils/pkgfe
>> sysutils/port-authoring-tools
>> sysutils/port-maintenance-tools
>> sysutils/portbrowser
>> sysutils/portdowngrade
>> sysutils/portmanager
>> sysutils/portmaster
>> sysutils/portsearch
>> sysutils/portsman
>> sysutils/portsnap
>> sysutils/portupgrade
>>
>> Plus maybe (not ports-specific, so perhaps not):
>>
>> net/csup
>> net/cvsup
>> net/cvsup-mirror
>> net/cvsup-without-gui
>>
>> Have I missed any?
> 
> sysutils/p5-FreeBSD-Portindex
> 
> I think this is an excellent idea.  It would make it much easier
> to point new users to a category for ports tools.  I'd vote for
> this to go ahead regardless of the number of ports.

The first step surely is a virtual category.  I'm happy if anyone wants to
add 'ports-mgmt' to the CATEGORIES line of p5-FreeBSD-Portindex

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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