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Date:      Mon, 24 Feb 1997 16:01:59 +0200 (EET)
From:      Andrew Stesin <stesin@gu.net>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Here's a radical idea...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.970224160116.1443J-100000@trifork.gu.net>
In-Reply-To: <24067.856754707@time.cdrom.com>

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Hi,

On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> Since we have two perennial problems with the ports collection:
> 
> 	a) distfiles go away.

	I vote "NO!"

> 	b) distfiles are updated without changing the name.

	Probably.

> It occurs to me that maybe we should simply change our default logic
> in the way the sites are traversed.  Why not put ftp.freebsd.org FIRST
> in the list, since we keep it the most faithfully up to date and don't
> spam ourselves (too often) with new versions.  We'd put the "origin"
> sites after that as locations of last resort (or in cases of
> legal/export restrictions).

	I second this idea.


Best regards,
Andrew Stesin

nic-hdl: ST73-RIPE





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