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Date:      Fri, 09 Jul 1999 17:38:57 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
To:        Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Cc:        asami@FreeBSD.org (Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami), marcel@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/linux-devel - Imported sources 
Message-ID:  <199907092338.RAA22352@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 09 Jul 1999 15:59:12 PDT." <199907092259.PAA62745@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> 
References:  <199907092259.PAA62745@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>  

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In message <199907092259.PAA62745@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Steve Kargl writes:
: more useful, then what purpose does a repo copy service.  Saving history
: does not seem like a valid answer when the history does not belong
: to the new port.

Yes, it does.  It allows people that come to the code later to see how
it evolved over time to see what problems were encountered and how
they were solved so they don't have to reinvent the wheel.

Warner



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