Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 22:43:58 -0500 From: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> To: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/24855: New port of FSF GMP library Message-ID: <20010519224358.X1198@casimir.physics.purdue.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010519224338.H24602@FreeBSD.org>; from ade@FreeBSD.ORG on Sat, May 19, 2001 at 10:43:38PM -0500 References: <200105200212.f4K2C2702012@freefall.freebsd.org> <200105200316.f4K3GwV70075@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20010519221407.V1198@casimir.physics.purdue.edu> <07e501c0e0db$dfea2e60$931576d8@inethouston.net> <20010519224338.H24602@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 10:43:38PM -0500, Ade Lovett wrote: > As is often the problem with volunteer projects, it's all a question > of resources. With only so many active committers, so many hours in > the day, and external constraints (school, college, RealJob[tm], family), > it's sometimes very tough to get things done in a timely manner. ESPECIALLY stuff like this GMP thing. There aren't very many simple ways to distinguish between base and ports when it's the same thing but a different version. :( The only solution that seems to be sensible would be to put most of the base system in packages, a suggestion that JKH himself has brought up. Getting the work done is another matter.. -- wca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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