From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 23 14:23:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1F0E1065673 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:23:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D7B38FC14 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:23:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from epia-2.farid-hajji.net (epia-2 [192.168.254.11]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EAFB3384D; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:07:15 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:07:14 +0200 From: cpghost To: FreeBSD-Questions Message-ID: <20080723140714.GA24632@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> References: <792213D8B249EC1C41EA0662@utd65257.utdallas.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Auto-saving distfiles on freebsd (was: FreeBSD for webserver?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:23:35 -0000 On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 11:47:04PM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > Another problem with ports is that all of them like pulling the > original source from the author's site. I've had a few where the > author released the code under GPL then a few years later lost > interest, stopped paying whatever ISP he had the main site for > the program at, and the porter also lost interest in the project > and never bothered obtaining the last available tarfile from > the authors site and uploading it to freebsd, then both disappeared. > Another one I can recall is the gated code, similar issue. Why not add this to pointyhat scripts? Just upload a copy of every *new* distfile ever encountered from the author's page to freebsd (unless there are legal constraints not to do so, of course)? The ports would still go to the primary sites (to conserve bandwidth), but should the original distfile disappear, it would be still available on freebsd. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/