Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 01:53:15 +0000 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Jeffrey Hsu <hsu@freefall.freebsd.org>, hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: src/gnu Message-ID: <1674.832816395@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 May 1996 23:51:34 CST." <199605230551.XAA07031@rover.village.org>
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> : > Apart from that, wouldn't it make more sense to use the "ports" paradig m > : > on them instead of checking in all the files ? In theory we should be > : > running pretty much footool-9.3.tar.gz with a few patches, so why not > : > speed up our CVS-tree by actually not checking in the thousands of file s > : > : 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. Well, all >we< have to do is to keep it around, right ? :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.
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