Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 14:23:05 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: stesin@gu.net Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Here's a radical idea... Message-ID: <199702241223.OAA02781@grackle.grondar.za>
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Andrew Stesin wrote: > > Since we have two perennial problems with the ports collection: > > > > a) distfiles go away. > > I vote "NO!" Point a) was not for the vote! Point a) is something that actually happens: sometimes a master site stops carrying the tarball. > > b) distfiles are updated without changing the name. > > Probably. See my comments about point a). This happens with eg. expect.tar.Z where the master tarball is _always_ called expect.tar.Z, no matter what the version. M -- Mark Murray PGP key fingerprint = 80 36 6E 40 83 D6 8A 36 This .sig is umop ap!sdn. BC 06 EA 0E 7A F2 CE CE
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