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Date:      Fri, 9 Apr 1999 15:09:04 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
To:        Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        tom@eborcom.com, mharo@area51.fremont.ca.us, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: WWW_SITE variable
Message-ID:  <Pine.HPP.3.96.990409100656.23051B-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <199904090740.AAA98824@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>

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On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote:

> These changes were not approved.  We have been putting homepages in
> pkg/DESCR for years.  I don't see any need in adding yet another knob
> to an already solved problem (which unsolves part of it...for
> instance, how is the package user supposed to see it?).

The only advantage I see, though, is the generation of links in
http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/*.html 'Main Web Site', which is kinda neat.

> I told scrappy to back them out a few weeks ago, he said he will, but
> has been "too busy" and that's why they are still there.

Hmmm, oh how I wished I read this message before I went in and made
my changes to clean up some of the WWW_SITE stuff.

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