From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 20 03:16:37 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5B3016A4CE for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 03:16:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lariat.org (lariat.net [65.122.236.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 645C043D55 for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 03:16:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from anne-o1dpaayth1.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp1000.lariat.org@lariat.net [65.122.236.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA09112; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:16:32 -0600 (MDT) X-message-flag: Warning! Use of Microsoft Outlook renders your system susceptible to Internet worms. Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.2.20050419211326.05bc1dc0@localhost> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.1.2 Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:16:13 -0600 To: questions@freebsd.org From: Brett Glass In-Reply-To: <20050420025823.GA55427@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200504180758.BAA10753@lariat.org> <20050419031952.GA90643@xor.obsecurity.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050418213725.0591beb0@localhost> <20050419041638.GA56099@xor.obsecurity.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050418222126.04ea4660@localhost> <20050419043330.GA92736@xor.obsecurity.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050419203347.05bed918@localhost> <20050420025823.GA55427@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" cc: questions@freebsd.org cc: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: Can't build ports on older FreeBSD machine X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 03:16:38 -0000 At 08:58 PM 4/19/2005, Kris Kennaway wrote: >Those users of FreeBSD who care about supporting the ports collection >in a given configuration, do so. They don't just send mails >complaining that someone else should do it for them. What are you talking about? The maintainer of each port DOES support it for everyone else. That's the point of having port maintainers. However, the conventions for maintenance of ports should include support for all non-EOLed versions of FreeBSD. >P.S. You've ignored my Reply-To for a second time. Are you trying to >be deliberately aggravating, or does it just come naturally to you? My e-mail client has been honoring your "Reply-to" field correctly. You'll note that the "To:" fields on my replies all point to the list. --Brett Glass