p5 -* ports

Frank Laszlo laszlof at vonostingroup.com
Fri Nov 19 09:31:16 PST 2004


Erik Trulsson wrote:

>On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 08:58:28AM +0000, Josh Paetzel wrote:
>  
>
>>Just throwing this out for input:
>>
>>Would it be useful to make a /usr/ports/perl directory and then put 
>>all of the p5-* ports into it for easy browsing?
>>    
>>
>
>Probably not.  It would be about as useful as making a /usr/ports/c++
>directory and then put all the ports written in C++ into it - i.e. not
>very useful.
>
>  
>
I someahat agree with you, but this is a bad comparison. The p5-\* ports 
are more than just written in perl, they are modules *for* perl. so 
comparing them to things written in C++ isnt really warranted. Just my 2 
cents.

Regards,
    Frank Laszlo


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