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On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 08:18:04AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
=20
> Version proliferation.  Take tripwire for instance.  We now have 3
> versions in ports.  In fact "tripwire" which many would assume is the
> latest and greatest is the oldest version.  In the old days, Satoshi
> wanted there to be a very good reason for duplicates of ports.

Ah, but of course the ports mechanism doesn't work very well with
multiple versions - so what compromise can be made?

Joe

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