From owner-freebsd-ports Sat Nov 16 22:15: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B00B837B401 for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 22:15:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from yello.shallow.net (yello.shallow.net [203.18.243.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2FAF43E6E for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 22:15:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from joshua@shallow.net) Received: by yello.shallow.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5D2B82ABA; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 17:14:50 +1100 (EST) Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 17:14:50 +1100 From: Joshua Goodall To: Edwin Groothuis Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/45178: Maintainer update: net/spread Message-ID: <20021117061450.GS33758@roughtrade.net> References: <200211162234.gAGMYV7s073002@freefall.freebsd.org> <20021117013054.GR33758@roughtrade.net> <20021117025832.GE50581@k7.mavetju> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021117025832.GE50581@k7.mavetju> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 01:58:32PM +1100, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > The reason why I put it in was because there is no way I can download > this file from the official site without having fill in a form. > Although I understand your effort in making it downloadable via > alternative channels (which makes it easier for automatic checking > et al), I don't think it's fair to the original authors who wanted > to have this limitation. I'm not sure they're too sensitive about it. I'd like to have Spread continue to appear as a package, so I'll ask the authors directly (they don't bite :)) if they're comfortable with external distribution for our purposes (as their license implies). cheers, Joshua To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message