Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 11:00:01 -0700 (PDT) From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> To: freebsd-ports Subject: Re: ports/3657: HyperNews port submitted Message-ID: <199705251800.LAA01377@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/3657; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> To: James FitzGibbon <james@nexis.net> Cc: bgingery@gtcs.com, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, GNATS Management <gnats@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-ports@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/3657: HyperNews port submitted Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 10:52:57 -0700 > > >Category: ports > > >Synopsis: Port of NCSA HyperNews submitted as p5-hypernews > > I noticed that you submitted this with a "p5-" prefix. Just to let you > know, that's for Perl 5 modules from CPAN, not just any program that uses > perl5 to do it's work. Any real reason for this rule? As a ports user, I really don't care *where* something comes from. I'll read the MASTER_SITES if I do. However, as a budding Perl hacker (well I hope) I do care if a port is for Perl5. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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