Eclipse as part of the ports/java tree?

[Roger Marquis]

Vizion wrote:
> I am now faced with the question is the ports tree as inflexible as some
> people suggest or are some members of our meritocracy more inflexible than
> the freebsd assets?

What you see as inflexibility the rest of us see as structure.  Sure
it would be nice to insert a goto on occasion but, from a long-term
perspective, the existing structure is better.

Mark Linimon wrote:
> In your most recent email I think you are finally getting a lot closer to
> what I consider 'real' problem.  IMHO the interesting problems you want to
> solve are the 'search' and 'browse' problems.

This is a good point, and a legitimate issue.  One solution might be
to move or symlink portsearch from /usr/ports/Tools/scripts to
/usr/local/bin.

If consolidation is in order why not follow the p5- example/standard
and use the devel directory but rename the ports themselves to use an
appropriate prefix (ports/devel/eclipse{,_plugin}-$plugin)?

-- 
Roger Marquis
Roble Systems Consulting
http://www.roble.com/