From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 25 22:07:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BA5716A4CE for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 22:07:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4B11043D49 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 22:07:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from michaelnottebrock@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 16937 invoked by uid 65534); 25 Oct 2004 22:07:53 -0000 Received: from pD9E24245.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO lofi.dyndns.org) (217.226.66.69) by mail.gmx.net (mp010) with SMTP; 26 Oct 2004 00:07:53 +0200 X-Authenticated: #443188 Received: from kiste.my.domain (lofi@kiste.my.domain [192.168.8.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by lofi.dyndns.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9PM7hiV005245 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:07:44 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from michaelnottebrock@gmx.net) From: Michael Nottebrock To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:07:42 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <1098641975.705.10.camel@moonlight> <20041024223051.GA94197@xor.obsecurity.org> <1098686273.666.5.camel@moonlight> In-Reply-To: <1098686273.666.5.camel@moonlight> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart7793622.r6bCXG5Pdi"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200410260007.43234.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new cc: Roman Kennke cc: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: RELEASE_X_Y_Z branches/tags maintained?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 22:07:55 -0000 --nextPart7793622.r6bCXG5Pdi Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Monday, 25. October 2004 08:37, Roman Kennke wrote: > What is the problem with such a setup? Lack of interest? Lack of > manpower? Or wrong philosophy? Lack of manpower. I have suggested in the past that a ports-branch for one = or=20 more specific releases could be maintained by a band of=20 individuals/corporations (but outside of the freebsd project) which happen = to=20 need it and I still think it's a good idea. I'm convinced that there must b= e=20 quite a number (professional) users of FreeBSD which already invest man- an= d=20 machinepower into things such as package builders and custom ports=20 modifications - cooperation could lead to greater benefit and some synergy= =20 savings. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart7793622.r6bCXG5Pdi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.9.11 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBfXkvXhc68WspdLARAjqWAJ4n0dUNoHDLDFM+Lv+bRjM+nyhnhwCeLRUQ q5+5y6AeECDPsQglLUQstDQ= =UBUq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart7793622.r6bCXG5Pdi--