From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Feb 24 04:24:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA16561 for ports-outgoing; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 04:24:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from grackle.grondar.za (eKI/uFShEujBbCNM5DOvWX+yHNh4GN65@grackle.grondar.za [196.7.18.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA16549 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 04:24:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from grackle.grondar.za (iSmEPedAmqftGt6kTf+GXV1ddHsMMt2V@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grackle.grondar.za (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id OAA02781; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 14:23:11 +0200 (SAT) Message-Id: <199702241223.OAA02781@grackle.grondar.za> To: stesin@gu.net cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Here's a radical idea... Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 14:23:05 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-ports@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Andrew Stesin wrote: > > Since we have two perennial problems with the ports collection: > > > > a) distfiles go away. > > I vote "NO!" Point a) was not for the vote! Point a) is something that actually happens: sometimes a master site stops carrying the tarball. > > b) distfiles are updated without changing the name. > > Probably. See my comments about point a). This happens with eg. expect.tar.Z where the master tarball is _always_ called expect.tar.Z, no matter what the version. M -- Mark Murray PGP key fingerprint = 80 36 6E 40 83 D6 8A 36 This .sig is umop ap!sdn. BC 06 EA 0E 7A F2 CE CE