Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 18:11:31 -0500 From: "Frank J. Laszlo" <laszlof@vonostingroup.com> To: pav@FreeBSD.org Cc: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Removing http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/ and replacing with FreshPorts Message-ID: <418EABA3.3000704@vonostingroup.com> In-Reply-To: <1099861112.942.8.camel@hood.oook.cz> References: <20041107191051.GK753@zaphod.nitro.dk> <1099861112.942.8.camel@hood.oook.cz>
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Pav Lucistnik wrote: >V ne, 07. 11. 2004 v 20:10, Simon L. Nielsen píše: > > > >>On the FreeBSD website we have the ports pages at >>http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/ which are inferior in most ways to >>FreshPorts [1], so I would propose that we retire the FreeBSD ports >>web pages and just direct people at FreshPorts instead. Does anybody >>have any strong objections to this? >> >>If this is going to be done I plan to put dummy redirect web pages on >>http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/ to replace the current category pages >>there so there shouldn't be problems with deads links there. >> >> > >Humm, I would object this proposal. We should not totally outsource such >a critical part of the website to third party. Imagine that something >happen to Dan and the freshports domain changes to porn site or >something... where we will be? > > > How about a local mirror of freshports? -Frank
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