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Date:      Mon, 9 Jan 2006 12:42:27 -0500
From:      Wesley Shields <wxs@csh.rit.edu>
To:        Tobias Roth <roth@iam.unibe.ch>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New rc.d code merge timing (Was: Re: Portupgrade confused about editors/emacs)
Message-ID:  <20060109174227.GA42767@csh.rit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20060109163634.GA26667@droopy.unibe.ch>
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On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 05:36:34PM +0100, Tobias Roth wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 11:11:17AM -0300, Fernan Aguero wrote:
> > 
> > Proposal: a ports-announce mailing list. This should be a
> > low-volume list where all HEADS UP of i) upcoming changes,
> > ii) committed changes are posted. Also, non-HEADS-UP
> > messages, like the ones that make up UPDATING should go to
> > the list. Messages could well be cross-posted to ports, so
> > that everyone gets the announcements. But I guess it could
> > be a good alternative for people that want just the
> > anouncements. If someones gets an announcement and wants to
> > see the discussion that lead to the changes, then s/he can
> > go to the ports@, stable@ and/or current@ archives. 
> 
> Excellent idea, I second it. Especially the UPDATING stuff
> is often missed, even by people who have time to read ports@
> regularly.
> 
> cheers, t.

While I agree with a ports-announce@ list I believe freshports.org will
mail you when entries to UPDATING are made that are relevant to the
ports on your watched list.

-- WXS



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