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Date:      Wed, 13 Feb 2002 10:29:01 +0200
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@mail.ru>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/news/pan Makefile distinfo
Message-ID:  <3C6A23CD.35CFFB6D@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <B88EFFD6.5E76%ade@FreeBSD.org>

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Ade Lovett wrote:
> 
> On 02/12/02 17:02, "Maxim Sobolev" <sobomax@mail.ru> wrote:
> > I am not sure that we need this for the truly third-party (to GNOME
> > project) packages such as the pan. Unless you have a good argument for
> > it I'd rather see it downloaded from the its true master location.
> 
> Well, you'll see that I left rebelbase.com in the MASTER_SITES, so there is
> the option of fallback (feel free to reverse the order if you wish).
> 
> However, since its part of x11/gnome-fifth-toe, and as such available from
> the GNOME sites (or should be), then imo we should be treating it as a GNOME
> product (albeit not a direct part of the GNOME project in its heritage).
> 
> Other similar potential targets (all within gnome-fifth-toe) are www/galeon,
> net/gabber, graphics/sodipodi, games/atomix, games/bombermaze,
> graphics/gimp1 and devel/anjuta.

I see no reason for that, unless we are going to stick for the ages
with the versions in the "official" GNOME releases and ignore
itermediate vendors' releases with bugfixes and improvements. Doesn't
look like a good idea to me.

-Maxim

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