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Cc: sac <sac@inf.in>, Wesley Shields <wxs@atarininja.org>,
	Curtis Vaughan <cavaughan@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Ports upgrade
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"Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie@gmail.com> writes:
> May I ask you why do you prefer portsnap over them?

It's simpler to use, and a lot faster.  It's also HTTP-based, which
makes it firewall-friendly, even in braindead corporate environments.

DES
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