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Date:      Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:46:34 +0000
From:      Chris <chrcoluk@gmail.com>
To:        Brian <bri@brianwhalen.net>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>, Steven Kreuzer <stevenkreuzer@yahoo.com>, Ade Lovett <ade@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Limitations of Ports System
Message-ID:  <3aaaa3a0801111846g2e14adcei3e27ea0370262dc4@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4761A2DE.4000502@brianwhalen.net>
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On 13/12/2007, Brian <bri@brianwhalen.net> wrote:
> I just wonder if you asked the general population, whether they'd rather
> have ports or packages, I bet most would vote for packages, aside from
> those that actually like watching the compilation output fly by.

I do like to watch it but in addition I always like to compile my own
binaries etc. rather than using something thats precompiled and
limited to how the compiler compiled it.

Chris



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