Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 17:35:24 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: imp@village.org (Warner Losh) Cc: hsu@freefall.freebsd.org, hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: src/gnu Message-ID: <199605230805.RAA08123@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199605230551.XAA07031@rover.village.org> from "Warner Losh" at May 22, 96 11:51:34 pm
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Warner Losh stands accused of saying: > : > : I agree with Poul. The bmake paradigm for gcc just isn't working. > : If the ports model fits better, we should use that instead. > > One thing to consider is that the gnu software has a habbit of > disappearing off the FTP sites after a while. This would force an > ungrade or leave some people out in the cold should the FSF produce a > series of bad releases of a certain program. There's nothing that says that we should still be tracking the 'latest and greatest' there either. You'd just make sure that ftp.freebsd.org and mirrors carried the distfiles for the appropriate versions. > Warner -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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