New ocaml category?

[Zero King]

On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 08:36:06PM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>There are currently over 300 ocaml packages in devel/
>
>I would like to create a new "ocaml" category and move them all into
>a top level "ocaml" directory.
>
>Questions:
>
>0) If I am not mistaken, all that needs to be done to create the new
>category is to create the "ocaml" directory. Is there any file
>etc. that needs updating?

Yes, but Git ignores empty directories, so just move Portfiles over and
modify the categories lines.

>1) I believe it would be appropriate to do the move with a single git
>commit. Is this correct?
>
>2) Should I explicitly add the "ocaml" category to the categories line
>of all these packages at the same time? Or should that be a distinct
>commit?

Yes, or else `port lint` will throw an error. e.g.
Error: Portfile parent directory mail does not match primary category net

>3) Many of the packages list themselves as being in an "ml"
>category. Given that OCaml really isn't standard ML at all, I'm
>thinking of removing that category from them. Is that okay?
>
>Note that a lot of these packages are crusty/old/don't build any more,
>but I'll be fixing that over a long period of time.
>
>Perry
>-- 
>Perry E. Metzger		perry at piermont.com

-- 
Best regards,
Zero King
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