A little while back I linked to an excellent deep dive into Ravenports, and added my own bit of statistical guessing at popular packages.  John Marino wants to know what packages people find most useful/most required.  If you have opinions, and I’m sure you do, post something on the Ravenports Google Groups page.

If you are saying to yourself “Gee, what packages did I install and what came in as a dependency?”, here’s an easy way to find out:

pkg query -a '%n %a' | grep 0 | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | less

This lists all “vital” packages, which usually means ones installed with intent, rather than automatically.  This might be a useful thing to post for Ravenports…