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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:50:21 +1000
From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
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On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 06:43:55PM -0500, Mark Linimon wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> 
> > Uhm, I wonder why you are fine with hourly `INDEX build failed' 
> > messages, but oppose those addressing PORTVERSION. Any crucial 
> > difference I'm missing?
> 
> N ports vs M ports, N >> M.

I like solid arguments, but can you please explain what N and what
M stands for?

Edwin
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