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From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>
To: "J. Mallett" <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/stat - Imported sources
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J. Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> * From Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
> > > I see no reason why we might not want to develop this or something?
> > 
> > Right-o. They don't change it very often, so I don't think there is any
> > reason not to take it off the vendor branch if we want to tweak it.
> > Someone else already mentioned that import might not have been the right
> > tack for this, so I've already mailed cvs@ asking for their assistance.
> > 
> > Doug
> 
> I think if we *might* want to later import a new version, and it *is* vendor
> code, but not "contrib-style" code, import is The Right Thing(tm).
> 
> At least, that's how I've worked with m4(1) as far as OpenBSD's version.

If we do intend to immediately bring something off the vendor branch,
it is best to just cvs add it.  Otherwise the repo is bloated for no
good reason.

Best regards,
Mike Barcroft

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