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To: Julian Elischer <julian@freefall.cdrom.com>
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>>> Julian Elischer said:
 > 
 > Very often I want to compile something from FreeBSD, for another OS, so that
 > I have compatible versions. This of course means I have to 'UN-PORT' it.
 > I understand that for the ports, we have a lead back to the original
 > versions, but for things that are imported, there are no such links..
 > 
 > would it make sense for us to have in our sources, at least a pointer to
 > where it came from?

yeap, what you are saying makes sense. In fact, I wish that all net packages
that are distributed on the net to have a pointer to where they come from.

Ever surf late at nite, downloaded a package, play with and come back a 
a few weeks later and wonder where in the hell it came from ? :)


	Cheers,
	Amancio