new categorie "meta" ?

Jeremy Messenger mezz7 at cox.net
Sun May 21 22:09:32 UTC 2006


On Sun, 21 May 2006 16:48:50 -0500, Martin Wilke <freebsd at unixfreunde.de>  
wrote:

> Hi Friends,
>
> since creating new categories comes in vogue lately I just wanted to
> ask what you think about creating a categorie called "META". Why you
> should do that is simple: There are enough ports serving as meta ports.
> These include:
>
> lang/php4-extensions
> lang/php5-extensions
> x11/xorg
> x11/gnome2
> x11/gnome2-lite
> x11/kde3
> x11/kde-lite
> x11-wm/xfce4
>
> usw.
>
> That would lead to a clearer layout and improved overview of large
> applications (esp for newbies).

No thanks, the categories should be related with apps, not ports.

Cheers,
Mezz

> Regards Martin


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