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Date:      Thu, 22 Jun 2000 07:21:34 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org>
To:        Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>
Cc:        James Housley <jim@thehousleys.net>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ports/19417: /usr/ports/misc/jargon/README.html needsupdating  now   ;-)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006220719180.7508-100000@earth.causticlabs.com>
In-Reply-To: <v04220801b576cd99fb3c@[195.238.1.121]>

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On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Brad Knowles wrote:

> At 2:59 PM -0400 2000/6/21, Chris D. Faulhaber wrote:
> 
> >  Because README.html files are included in the RELEASES (when you install
> >  and select 'ports') but not if you CVSup from scratch.  If you have never
> >  done a 'make readme', then your README.html files are simply what was
> >  extracted during the install.
> 
> 	Alright, can we then say that they should be updated if they are 
> present, and otherwise left alone?
> 

Have you ever updated all the readme's for the ports...it's not something
that people will want to on a daily/weekly basis.

> >  Personally I don't install the ports tree from a RELEASE, instead
> >  CVSup'ing from my local CVS tree, so I have no READHE.html's around.
> 
> 	Out of curiosity, what are your views on how common this sort of 
> activity would be, relative to installing the ports tree from a 
> RELEASE, and then perhaps CVS'uping from there?
> 

Probably quite normal.

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