Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:08:45 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, sergei@gnezdov.net, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs as port's download source Message-ID: <20050326230845.GA46262@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20050326125310.GA99682@isis.sigpipe.cz> References: <slrnd47ck3.7h1.use-reply-to@gnezdov.net> <20050325073540.GA95923@isis.sigpipe.cz> <20050326025548.GA64979@xor.obsecurity.org> <20050326125310.GA99682@isis.sigpipe.cz>
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--AqsLC8rIMeq19msA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 01:53:10PM +0100, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # kris@obsecurity.org / 2005-03-25 18:55:48 -0800: > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 08:35:40AM +0100, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > > # use-reply-to@gnezdov.net / 2005-03-25 06:40:39 +0000: > > > > Does it make sense to create a FreeBSD port with download location > > > > beeing CVS tree at some particular day? > > >=20 > > > You mean instead of fetching a tarball from MASTER_SITES it would > > > check out a working copy from a particular date, and build that? > > >=20 > > > There are / were several ports that do exactly this. > >=20 > > It's not a good idea, because e.g. anyone behind a firewall will be > > unable to fetch this port. >=20 > People behind firewalls managed by anal administrators aren't able > to use cvsup either, so this is IMO a moot point. There are many other supported ways to get a copy of the ports collection than cvsup, so this argument isn't relevant. Kris --AqsLC8rIMeq19msA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCRet9Wry0BWjoQKURAuR5AJ9SCAgT0Bm2j1qhD3ABPopRY3vrVwCfb1Cp ToLM2cKQmW+xZ/8x8rgq1nA= =iYlx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --AqsLC8rIMeq19msA--
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