Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 12:31:09 -0500 From: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> To: Shigeyuki Fukushima <shige@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: bzip2 in src tree (Was Re: ports/16252: bsd.port.mk: Add bzip2 support for distribution patches) Message-ID: <20000122123109.E59732@shadow.blackdawn.com> In-Reply-To: <20000122154518.HPCY19862.t-mta1.odn.ne.jp@athena.shige.org>; from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG on Sun, Jan 23, 2000 at 12:44:46AM %2B0900 References: <86ya9j61fy.wl@localhost.local.idaemons.org> <20000121165416.NMLY2135.t-mta3.odn.ne.jp@athena.shige.org> <86vh4n5kae.wl@localhost.local.idaemons.org> <20000122154518.HPCY19862.t-mta1.odn.ne.jp@athena.shige.org>
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On Sun, Jan 23, 2000 at 12:44:46AM +0900, owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG wrote: > Truely, I wish to import bzip2 to -current src tree. :) > Is there a problem about some restriction for distributing bzip2? > # I'm sorry I don't know about that. <2 5003-0> (00-01-22 12:27:37) [will@shadow /usr/ports/archivers/bzip2]% cat pkg/DESCR This is bzip2, a advanced block-sorting file compressor. It is believed to be free from any patents. WWW: http://sourceware.cygnus.com/bzip2/ Nope - looks like it could be a candidate for importing to the source tree. However, I'm not sure everyone on current@ is going to agree, since we already have something for compression (gzip) that is pretty standard around the world. -- Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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