Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:17:04 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: "Edward Sanford Sutton, III" <mirror176@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: distfile questions Message-ID: <8715DE19-DF88-493B-A713-6E0D56239363@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <200610251243.06644.mirror176@cox.net> References: <200610251243.06644.mirror176@cox.net>
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On Oct 25, 2006, at 12:43 PM, Edward Sanford Sutton, III wrote: > On a couple ports I am working on, availability is only in the > form of > cvs/svn. I made a temporary prefetch section for my own convenience > which > calls up a particular revision off the server, compresses an > archive of it, > and places it in the distfiles directory (thus leaving fetch happy > as long as > checksums match). Is there a preferred way to handle these cases > other than > my temporary code or putting it on my ISP's provided webspace which > may cap > out due to too much monthly upload (and the filetypes may not even > be allowed > anyways)? Find another place willing to host the distfiles for the ports. Something like SourceForge or Collabnet or the FSF will generally host projects, depending on their purpose and licensing. -- -Chuck
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