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Date:      Fri, 18 May 2001 20:18:38 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: (long) upgrade kit for 3.x ports?!
Message-ID:  <20010518201838.B20615@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010514160801.A68517@rapier.smartspace.co.za>; from nbm@mithrandr.moria.org on Mon, May 14, 2001 at 04:08:01PM %2B0200
References:  <20010509140838.C17000@dell.dannyland.org> <200105100026.RAA04754@usr06.primenet.com> <20010509180154.E17000@dell.dannyland.org> <p05100308b7203779c364@[194.78.241.123]> <20010510143702.A84503@rapier.smartspace.co.za> <20010513140646.B63072@xor.obsecurity.org> <20010514160801.A68517@rapier.smartspace.co.za>

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On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 04:08:01PM +0200, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote:

> > On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 02:37:03PM +0200, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote:
> >=20
> > > I've brought up the fact we could easily support 3.x machines for the
> > > ports tree (ie, building from source, not packages built on later
> > > releaess) with an upgrade package on the ports list, but I was met wi=
th
> > > silence.
> > >=20
> > > And could people please talk about ports on ports@FreeBSD.org.
> >=20
> > Perhaps you meant to say "*I* could easily support 3.x machines".
> > Most ports committers have little motivation to do the extra work of
> > supporting the old releases, but if you're willing to support it
> > yourself thats an entirely different story.
>=20
> Infrastructure, not specific ports.

Same comment applies.

Kris

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