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Subject: Re: Resurrection of src/games
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On Tue, 21.07.2009 at 14:53:51 -0400, Alexander Kabaev wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:30:46 +0200
> Ulrich Spörlein <uqs@spoerlein.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > would it be possible to resurrect src/games from the Attic? Either
> > placing the files at their original version or creating a new svn
> > "project" for them?
> > 
> > The Dragonfly guys did a lot of cleanup to the sources, as did the
> > other BSDs. I would integrate these patches and cleanups, but doing
> > it in form of patches under ports/games/freebsd-games/files ... sucks.
> > 
> > The goal would then be to cut a tarball at regular intervals for the
> > port to use.
> > 
> > Thanks for your consideration!
> > Bye, Uli
> 
> 
> If the goal is to have these in ports, why won't you cut tarballs
> straight out of Dragonfly repo?

Good question, haven't thought about it that way. With Dragonfly and
FreeBSD diverging more and more, it might turn into a patch-fest
eventually (but since there's hardly any active development, I guess
that's rather unlikely).

Just seems to be a shame, that this historic legacy is abandoned ...

Bye,
Uli