cvs commit: ports/java Makefile ports/java/drexelsnmp Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist

[Greg Lewis]

On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 02:50:10PM +0000, Anders Nordby wrote:
> anders      2005-02-15 14:50:10 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD ports repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     java                 Makefile 
>   Added files:
>     java/drexelsnmp      Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist 
>   Log:
>   Add drexelsnmp, another Java SNMP package.
>   
>   Sponsored by:   University of Tromsø & University of Bergen

Not to pick on Anders, but I've noticed other people doing this and
figured they may not be aware of this.  From the porters handbook
(http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefile-categories.html):

"The java category shall not be the only one for a port. Save for ports
 directly related to the Java language, porters are also encouraged not to
 use java as the main category of a port."

In this case it looks like the primary category should have been net-mgmt.

Yes, this has been clarified quite recently and yes, there are a lot of
ports which have java as the main category for historical reasons that
probably shouldn't.  Just consider not putting new ports there.  Thanks.

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