From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Apr 1 11:58:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from hp9000.chc-chimes.com (hp9000.chc-chimes.com [206.67.97.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9820151A4; Thu, 1 Apr 1999 11:58:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from billf@chc-chimes.com) Received: from localhost by hp9000.chc-chimes.com with SMTP (1.39.111.2/16.2) id AA261394577; Thu, 1 Apr 1999 14:22:58 -0500 Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 14:22:57 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: John Hay , Satoshi Asami , current@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /var/db/pkg/.mkversion In-Reply-To: <7322.922949191@zippy.cdrom.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > I think this entire thing is a massive botch and needs to be removed > as a bad idea ASAP. I think that's jumping to conclusions a little too quickly. Jordan, we are eliminating a LOT more future PRs and FAQs by using this method. A few permission and installation oversights (no software can ever be tested on every possible instance.) should not constitute removal of the whole idea. - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message