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Subject: Re: New ports 
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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 06:51:57 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> It is not the speed of the changes, but implementing a reasonably
> efficient and accurate way to detect them.  It would be essential
> to distinguish between "new" and "updated"  ports.  The curret
> ports web pages are built from the INDEX file in -current which
> is updated on an irregular basis and comparing different versions

Actually, it's built once a day from /etc/daily.  Our web pages are
built once a day from your crontab entry.  I think I see a certain
potential for syncronization here. :-)

						Jordan