Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:58:15 +0100 From: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org> To: Ruslan Mahmatkhanov <cvs-src@yandex.ru> Cc: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>, Lev Serebryakov <lev@freebsd.org>, "Klaus T. Aehlig" <aehlig@linta.de>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] New ports idea: github / gitorious / bitbucket direct support. Message-ID: <CADLo83_R4GB3vnP9pkckvKOX6kw4es_VVxcKk8cc5ZP4yuzr3Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4E6BA2CF.508@yandex.ru> References: <765103585.20110909143052@serebryakov.spb.ru> <20110909130458.GO31003@azathoth.lan> <20110909132437.GA66311@kta1c10.sesnet.soton.ac.uk> <20110909142857.GP31003@azathoth.lan> <CADLo83_Kk9FgdfAmKPEQT79oG%2BOqO7fDqy5RAbXGpwBCtjpdnA@mail.gmail.com> <4E6BA2CF.508@yandex.ru>
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On 10 September 2011 18:47, Ruslan Mahmatkhanov <cvs-src@yandex.ru> wrote: > Chris Rees wrote on 10.09.2011 21:33: >> >> >> Counterexamples welcome! >> >> Chris > > When i worked on net/erlyvideo port there on github were tarballs for some > old versions of it. When i asked author to create tarballs for new versions > too, he just delete all the tarballs :) > So i just create and host them by myself. > Hm, plain spiteful. I like to think (or hope) that's not representative of most of our upstream friends ;) The main question is, is it worth us writing code to handle a small minority of projects that refuse, or is it just easier to host this same minority ourselves? I'm perfectly happy to mirror anything if needed, by the way. Chris
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