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On Mon, 29 Sep 1997 08:11:39 MST, patl@phoenix.volant.org wrote:

> What are the sizes if we put all of the basic English packages on CD
> A and the other languages on B? That should yield a dependancy tree
> where packages on A never require packages on B.

Sadly, this is not the case. See ports/mail/mew for an example of an
English port that relies on a port from another language group.

Sheldon.