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unofficial-unifi / unifi-pfsense

A script that installs the UniFi Controller software on pfSense and other FreeBSD systems
BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License
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Package Category #68

Closed jmcphail closed 7 years ago

jmcphail commented 7 years ago

Do you think the UniFi package should fall under net, net-mgmt or other category? See:

root@bsd-builder:~/pfSense-ports # find . -maxdepth 2 -name "pfSense-pkg*" -print
./benchmarks/pfSense-pkg-iperf
./dns/pfSense-pkg-bind9
./emulators/pfSense-pkg-Open-VM-Tools
./ftp/pfSense-pkg-FTP_Client_Proxy
./ftp/pfSense-pkg-tftpd
./mail/pfSense-pkg-mailreport
./net-mgmt/pfSense-pkg-darkstat
./net-mgmt/pfSense-pkg-iftop
./net-mgmt/pfSense-pkg-net-snmp
./net-mgmt/pfSense-pkg-nrpe
./net-mgmt/pfSense-pkg-softflowd
./net-mgmt/pfSense-pkg-zabbix-agent
./net-mgmt/pfSense-pkg-zabbix-proxy
./net/pfSense-pkg-Avahi
./net/pfSense-pkg-LADVD
./net/pfSense-pkg-OpenBGPD
./net/pfSense-pkg-Quagga_OSPF
./net/pfSense-pkg-Status_Traffic_Totals
./net/pfSense-pkg-arping
./net/pfSense-pkg-cellular
./net/pfSense-pkg-freeradius2
./net/pfSense-pkg-haproxy-devel
./net/pfSense-pkg-haproxy
./net/pfSense-pkg-mtr-nox11
./net/pfSense-pkg-ntopng
./net/pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG
./net/pfSense-pkg-routed
./net/pfSense-pkg-siproxd
./www/pfSense-pkg-Lightsquid
./www/pfSense-pkg-squid
./www/pfSense-pkg-squidGuard
./security/pfSense-pkg-acme
./security/pfSense-pkg-nmap
./security/pfSense-pkg-openvpn-client-export
./security/pfSense-pkg-snort
./security/pfSense-pkg-sudo
./security/pfSense-pkg-suricata
./security/pfSense-pkg-tinc
./sysutils/pfSense-pkg-AutoConfigBackup
./sysutils/pfSense-pkg-Backup
./sysutils/pfSense-pkg-Cron
./sysutils/pfSense-pkg-LCDproc
./sysutils/pfSense-pkg-Notes
./sysutils/pfSense-pkg-RRD_Summary
./sysutils/pfSense-pkg-Service_Watchdog
./sysutils/pfSense-pkg-Shellcmd
./sysutils/pfSense-pkg-System_Patches
./sysutils/pfSense-pkg-apcupsd
./sysutils/pfSense-pkg-blinkled
./sysutils/pfSense-pkg-gwled
./sysutils/pfSense-pkg-nut
./sysutils/pfSense-pkg-syslog-ng
gozoinks commented 7 years ago

The value of a separate category for management tools is not clear to me, and the assortment of packages in each category seems to support a guess that the value is unclear to most maintainers as well.

However, If the distinction between net and net-mgmt is the implementation of a protocol rather than the administration of a service, then it seems like net-mgmt would be the more appropriate category for the UniFi controller, which is clearly a tool for the administration of UniFi equipment. It involves a variety of services and protocols, but network management could easily be considered the primary function of the UniFi controller.

Since the more specific category exists and seems to fit the purpose of the tool, I would be inclined to use it.

What do you think?

jmcphail commented 7 years ago

Agreed that net-mgmt seems like the most appropriate match for the UniFi controller software. Maybe @jim-p could share some insight on the package category convention.

jmcphail commented 7 years ago

Just to add to the confusion: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?board=15.0