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Date:      27 Feb 2000 17:48:00 -0800
From:      asami@FreeBSD.org (Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami)
To:        Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>
Cc:        obrien@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: QUICK RESPONCE NEEDED:  Netscape 4.72 handling
Message-ID:  <vqc7lfqp06n.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>
In-Reply-To: Doug Barton's message of "Sun, 27 Feb 2000 13:20:10 -0800"
References:  <20000227113708.A18632@dragon.nuxi.com> <38B9950A.2A0A13@gorean.org>

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 * From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>

 * David O'Brien wrote:
 * > 
 * > Hi Satoshi,
 * > 
 * > I'd like to update Netscape offering on the DEC Alpha to version 4.72.
 * > Should I do this upgrade in as the netscape47-* ports, or do we need to
 * > repo copy netscape47-* to netscape472-* ?   Personally, I see 4.72 as a
 * > minor update to 4.7 and would just assume keep the port names the same.

An update is fine.  The version number seems to indicate it's just a
minor upgrade.

 * 	Personally I think we should eliminate all of the netscapeN* ports. I
 * don't see any reason to keep the really old versions. 

Some people like/need small memory footprints.

-PW


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