Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 08:18:13 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu>, =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.ru>, Kevin Eliuk <kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net>, FreeBSD-Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, peter@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Error installing pine-3.96 Message-ID: <11502.859825093@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 31 Mar 1997 17:44:10 %2B0200." <199703311544.RAA27738@grackle.grondar.za>
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> Example - SSH. SSH is one of those things that folk always want the > latest version of. We moved libz and libgmp into mainstream code, > but our versions in the RELENG_* branch are not those that the port > wanted. Making this work was _very_ dirty. Around these parts, most > folk just gave up, said "sod the ports system" and rolled their own. > Cock-ups abounded. I'm aware of those specific examples, though I also think that our propensity for bringing things like this into FreeBSD has waned in recent months and I don't expect it to be such a big problem. Why not shoot for overall compatibility and cross the occasional ports->src migration problem (and I hope very occasional or even I will start yelling "Bloat! Bloat!" along with the bloatist camp) when we come to it? Jordan
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