new categorie "meta" ?

[Vasil Dimov]

On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 11:48:50PM +0200, Martin Wilke 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).
> 

I disagree, because the way you look for ports is by their application,
not by the port type. Furthermore the presented ports are just not
enough for creating new category.

-- 
Vasil Dimov
gro.DSBeerF at dv

Testing can show the presence of bugs, but not their absence.
                -- Edsger W. Dijkstra
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