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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 21:13:33 -0700
From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>
To: Andreas Klemm <aklemm@hightek.com>, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>,
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/bc - Imported sources
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> BTW, I used the tcl/README.FreeBSD file as guide, since it
> seems to be both:
> - a reference, what has been imported
> - a guide, how to import contributed GNU software
>
> I suggest we should alter the information in these files,
> because it's very misleading as you all can see.
I'm a little late on this reply...
But this is covered in the Handbook.
> I'd suggest to add a note:
>
> "Please Note: for future imports use additionally
> - the -ko flag for the "cvs import" command
> - a real vendor tag like the name of the author
> i.e.: cvs import src/contrib/bc AUTHOR bc_x_y_z"
This is also covered in the handbook.
> Shouldn't we do that for all README.FreeBSD files ?!
The README.FreeBSD files should all be renamed ``FREEBSD-upgrade''.
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-- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org)