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Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:28:04 -0700
From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD and NetBSD's pkgsrc: A strategic synergy for awesomeness
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RW wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:58:18 -0700
> Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> wrote:
>
>   
>> FreeBSD Ports Tree Management wrote:
>>     
>>> Dear FreeBSD ports community,
>>>       
>> ...
>>     
>>> We are hereby
>>> announcing our intentions to switch over to NetBSD's pkgsrc tree
>>> and close our own FreeBSD ports tree. 
>>>       
>
>   
>>> ...
>>>   
>>>       
>> Wow. I suppose I should try NetBSD now to figure out what it's all 
>> about. Can someone either provide a link or a quick synopsis, of what 
>> the differences are between the current ports tree and NetBSD's
>> pkgsrc tree? 
>>     
>
>
> $ date
> Sun Apr  1 21:09:38 BST 2007
>   
Dangit.. you're right :(... Good catch there.
-Garrett