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From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net>
To: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org>
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On Mon, 25 Aug 1997, Tim Vanderhoek wrote:

> Officially ports are only supported on -stable.  This is to keep
> the amount of work manageable.  However, if you find a port that
> doesn't work on -current or any other release (PROVIDED you are
> using an up-to-date bsd.port.mk and friends), you are encouraged
> to send patches in a pr.

This is wrong, IMHO.  Ports should build on the latest official release.

Jamie Bowden

System Administrator, iTRiBE.net