From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 18 21:44:27 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB905106566C; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:44:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=357edbc5d=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from ip-001.utdallas.edu (ip-001.utdallas.edu [129.110.20.107]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EC748FC0A; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:44:27 +0000 (UTC) X-Group: None X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AuwEAOA0F0+BbgogVmdsb2JhbABErEiBGgEhAiQlgXIBAQU4Aj8QCw4KLiEiFAYBEsEViTgBAQgJHwIBAQoMEQMKAQ4JEA8CAQIBAQIDAwEBAQECCAoXMREbLASBUxYJAQECEAECAwEGAwIDBAEEgmRjBIg7lgCBWYdn X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.71,531,1320645600"; d="scan'208";a="89585632" Received: from zxtm01.utdallas.edu (HELO utd71538.utdallas.edu) ([129.110.10.32]) by ip-001.utdallas.edu with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 18 Jan 2012 15:14:38 -0600 Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:14:38 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl To: Chris Rees , perryh@pluto.rain.com Message-ID: <666152AB4483DEBB619367C0@utd71538.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: References: <20120116201117.GA90568@dormouse.experts-exchange.com> <4f15924a.7CUoXdl4yduNUIqM%perryh@pluto.rain.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.1.0a1 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; size=874 Cc: emulation@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org, jgh@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MASTER_SITE_FEDORA_LINUX in bsd.sites.mk X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:44:28 -0000 --On January 18, 2012 9:09:10 PM +0000 Chris Rees wrote: > > I worry about the ethics of 'stealing' Fedora's bandwidth with other > people's ports; we should only be using their mirrors if it's explicitly > developed by Fedora. > I'm not sure I follow. If Fedora is making an rpm available for download, how is it "stealing" their bandwidth to download the rpm from there? Wouldn't be equally "stealing" to download it from anywhere else? -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell