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Date:      Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:17:38 +1000
From:      Peter Jeremy <peter@rulingia.com>
To:        Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Port system "problems"
Message-ID:  <20120627191738.GA55796@server.rulingia.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAOjFWZ4EzKfUGz-PZ2424ruq_z-qDbYAAN=1Cado4Pj72_m0kQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2012-Jun-26 14:41:32 -0700, Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Peter Jeremy <peter@rulingia.com> wrote:
>> but I hope the ports build system will not
>> be thrown out as part of the pkgng migration.
>
>Where do you think packages would come from, if not built by the ports tre=
e?  ;)

As long as it's still available to users.  Presumably most
"packages-only" Linux distros have some sort of build mechanism as
well but it's not readily accessible by ordinary users.  I would hope
FreeBSD doesn't go down this path.

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Peter Jeremy

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