Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 11:48:06 -0700 (PDT) From: brooks@one-eyed-alien.net To: Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com> Cc: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net>, FreeBSD Ports Team <ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ports/13552: The gnuplot doesn't build with GIF support enabled Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9909031143360.15286-100000@orion.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909031340080.3450-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com>
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On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Bill Fumerola wrote: > As the person who upgraded the gd port to avoid copyright problems > I strongly disagree with libgdold. If we just have to have it, I think > it should be RESTRICTED/NO_PACKAGE/whatever. I agree, I don't like the idea that to make the gnuplot author happy we're going to continue to encourage people to use GIFs by providing discontinued and unmaintained software. Instead of helping Unisys by continuing to promote the inferior GIF format we should be progressing and encourage people to get off their lazy asses and upgrade to PNG compatiable software. -- Brooks P.S. I am sorry about the duplicate PR, I should have checked first. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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