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Date:      Sat, 08 Oct 2011 20:45:19 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Boris Samorodov <bsam@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/mail/imaptools distinfo
Message-ID:  <4E9118CF.7060304@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <4E8AF399.1060601@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201110031305.p93D5K3x082695@repoman.freebsd.org> <4E8A0449.1020303@FreeBSD.org> <4E8AF399.1060601@FreeBSD.org>

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On 10/04/2011 04:52, Gabor Kovesdan wrote:
> On 2011.10.03. 20:51, Doug Barton wrote:
>> Confirming with the author is fine, but did you compare the old and new
>> distfiles yourself? If so, what changed?
>
> Don't take my comment personally, I just picked this particular mail to
> reply to. I have never understood why such issues have been taken so
> seriously. Imo, if the author confirms the change that should be enough.

That sounds great in theory, but how do you know that it was really the
author who answered? I don't want to go too far down the conspiracy
theory rabbit hole, but diff'ing the old and new distfiles is the way to
be sure.

> If we had audited the initial port and each new upgrade,

That should be done regardless.


Doug

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