Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 19:33:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net> To: SADA Kenji <sada@bsdclub.org> Cc: girgen@partitur.se, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, obrien@NUXI.com, lioux@uol.com.br, asami@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kill Netscape us ports and version 4.08. (was Re: Netscape browsers us versions avail. abroad) Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.21.0007241809470.4053-100000@blues.jpj.net> In-Reply-To: <200007242054.FAA03315@home.bsdclub.org>
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> >> I've actually already upgraded the ".us" ports to 4.74. I just need to > >> do the final commit. Can you wait 1-2 days? You can then use those to > >> upgrade the others. It also gives a transition for those looking for the > >> 128-bit ports as ".us". After a while, then delete the ".us" versions > >> since they will be virutally the same as the plain versions. > > As my afterthought, duplication of same (large!) netscape packages > in different (us and plain) name would not be good for ftp mirror sites > and cdrom disributions. I didn't see anything saying we're allowed to redistribute the Netscape browsers. Sections 3(iii) and 10 in the license say we can't. I left a RESTRICTED line to prevent package-building and archiving. > So I propose to kill bsdi/linux-netscape-4.7-us JUST NOW > and grade up those 47-c/n ports to 4.74. > Girgen, Trevor, are you okay with this? Earlier you wrote: I'm planning to use c/n-v474-us.x86-unknown-freebsd.tar.gz as distfiles of www/netscape47-c/n ports. and it sounds like you still want the same thing. You didn't explain why, so I'm guessing either it's to save users from having to type ".us" or it's because the "export" versions are already set up for automated fetching. David O'Brien already updated the FreeBSD ".us" ports and I've sent in an update for the BSDI ones, so it's only on the Linux ones where work could be saved. As for shortening the names by replacing one port with another, we can do that any time. Like I said, I'd like there to be an "export" version--or several--left alone or downgraded to 4.72, for the few users who might still want such a thing. Eventually, the "export" ones should probably be removed, but it needn't be just now. -- Trevor Johnson http://jpj.net/~trevor/gpgkey.txt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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