Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 23:16:02 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/linux-devel - Imported sources Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907092314290.85960-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <19990709164326.B1341@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, David O'Brien wrote:
> > > Another repository copy candidate, imported without a copy. :<
> >
> > Saving history does not seem like a valid answer when the history does
> > not belong to the new port.
>
> Why does the history not belong to this port? The functionality of the
> port is the same. Just because the internal organization, distfile, and
> PLIST changed does not make this a brand new port that FreeBSD has never
> seen before.
By that reasoning, all MTAs (for instance) or (another instance) MP3 players
would be repository copied. The justification in this case is that it is a
brand new port, which it is. It's not based on the same "source" necessarily,
so it is not the same port.
>
> --
> -- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org)
>
>
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