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On Jun 16, 2010, at 15:11 , Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote:
> My question is: do we really need this? We're at the point where in
> order to make use of all macros, vars, etc. we have, one needs to work
> daily on ports.=20

IMO, we've been at (and passed) that point for a long, long time for =
anything except the simplest of ports.

21k+ pieces of random third party software, all held together with =
make(1) glue?  Rube Goldberg was an amateur ;)

-aDe