Date: Mon, 01 May 1995 22:09:04 +0000 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@star-gate.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@freefall.cdrom.com> Cc: hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: policy with sources imported.. Message-ID: <199505012209.WAA08262@star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 01 May 1995 19:19:52 MST." <199505020219.TAA15598@freefall.cdrom.com>
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>>> Julian Elischer said: > > Very often I want to compile something from FreeBSD, for another OS, so that > I have compatible versions. This of course means I have to 'UN-PORT' it. > I understand that for the ports, we have a lead back to the original > versions, but for things that are imported, there are no such links.. > > would it make sense for us to have in our sources, at least a pointer to > where it came from? yeap, what you are saying makes sense. In fact, I wish that all net packages that are distributed on the net to have a pointer to where they come from. Ever surf late at nite, downloaded a package, play with and come back a a few weeks later and wonder where in the hell it came from ? :) Cheers, Amancio
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