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Date:      Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:38:07 -0500
From:      linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon)
To:        FBSD1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: ports missing their packages.
Message-ID:  <20081029143807.GB6191@soaustin.net>
In-Reply-To: <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBIEDJCMAA.fbsd1@a1poweruser.com>
References:  <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBMECBCMAA.fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBIEDJCMAA.fbsd1@a1poweruser.com>

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On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 04:09:23PM +0800, FBSD1 wrote:
> An alternate solution to this problem is to allow users to upload missing
> packages

one word for you: "security".

What you suggest is never, ever, going to be implemented, due to the
total lack of security.

mcl



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