From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 6 05:17:57 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88EF637B401 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2003 05:17:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from out005.verizon.net (out005pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F3ED43F85 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2003 05:17:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kent.hauser@verizon.net) Received: from hnllhi1-ar3-4-3-107-035.hnllhi1.dsl-verizon.net ([4.3.107.35]) by out005.verizon.netESMTP <20030606121755.JUBI20032.out005.verizon.net@hnllhi1-ar3-4-3-107-035.hnllhi1.dsl-verizon.net> for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2003 07:17:55 -0500 From: Kent Hauser To: ports@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 02:17:54 -1000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200306060217.54632.kent.hauser@verizon.net> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out005.verizon.net from [4.3.107.35] at Fri, 6 Jun 2003 07:17:55 -0500 Subject: manual distfiles X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 12:17:57 -0000 Hi, Is there some reason that "manual" distfiles can't be segragated from the "redistributable" distfiles? When I clean up my distfiles directory, I like to save the manually retrieved ones (eg netscape, staroffice, realplayer). Having them in the general population means I sometimes remove them and have to manually retrieve them again when upgrading. It seems to me that a "man" subdirectory (analogous to "xc" or "rpm") would integrate flawlessly and allow these *precious* downloads to be easily preserved. Just a thought. Kent