From owner-cvs-all Fri Jul 9 16:41:18 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93D4014E6E; Fri, 9 Jul 1999 16:40:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA06088; Fri, 9 Jul 1999 17:41:01 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id RAA22352; Fri, 9 Jul 1999 17:38:57 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199907092338.RAA22352@harmony.village.org> To: Steve Kargl Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/linux-devel - Imported sources Cc: asami@FreeBSD.org (Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami), marcel@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 09 Jul 1999 15:59:12 PDT." <199907092259.PAA62745@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <199907092259.PAA62745@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 17:38:57 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk In message <199907092259.PAA62745@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Steve Kargl writes: : more useful, then what purpose does a repo copy service. Saving history : does not seem like a valid answer when the history does not belong : to the new port. Yes, it does. It allows people that come to the code later to see how it evolved over time to see what problems were encountered and how they were solved so they don't have to reinvent the wheel. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message