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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/tcl Makefile patch01 patch02
To: jdp@polstra.com (John Polstra)
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John Polstra stands accused of saying:
> 
> The sources should be imported in their distributed form, onto the
> vendor branch.  Then the necessary patches should be committed as deltas.
> 
> This is not the same as a port, and it shouldn't be treated like one.

It _is_ a port, and it _should_ be treated like one, modulo a few changes.

Basically the checked-out version should look like a port after
'make extract'.  

When a new version comes along, the contents of the 'work' directory will
change, and likewise files/patch* etc.

>    John Polstra                                       jdp@polstra.com

My impression anyway...

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