[MacPorts] #37890: RFE: General categories cleanup

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#37890: RFE: General categories cleanup
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  Reporter:  egall@…      |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports        |    Version:
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
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Comment (by sean@…):

 Replying to [comment:7 ryandesign@…]:
 > Replying to [ticket:37890 egall@…]:
 > > Also the
 "[http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=category&substr=database database]"
 and "[http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=category&substr=databases
 databases]" categories should probably be combined with one another. Same
 thing with the "[http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=category&substr=ml
 ml]" and "[http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=category&substr=ocaml
 ocaml]" categories.
 >
 > The folder name is "databases"; the 8 ports having category "database"
 are a mistake and it should be fixed; no need to consult maintainers IMO
 as it's obviously a mistake, and they're all openmaintainer anyway.
 >
 > Any category having only a couple ports in it is probably not needed and
 should be removed.
 >
 > We have categories for individual pieces of software (perl, python,
 ruby, php, etc.) when there will be tons of modules for that piece of
 software; otherwise a category for a specific software program seems to be
 unnecessary.

 Good point. I was leaning towards that viewpoint as well since it would
 simplify 'categories'. I don't currently see much value in each program
 (e.g. mercurial, emacs, etc) having its own category just for a handful of
 ports.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/37890#comment:8>
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