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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!EU.net!uunet!brunix!cs.brown.edu!Mark_Weaver From: Mark_Weaver@brown.edu Subject: Re: Request to ``ports'' developers In-Reply-To: witr@rwwa.com's message of 26 May 1994 09:43:22 -0400 Message-ID: <MARK_WEAVER.94May26152245@cis-ts3-slip5.cis.brown.edu> Sender: news@cs.brown.edu Reply-To: Mark_Weaver@brown.edu Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science References: <2s291q$pnl@meatball.rwwa.com> Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 19:22:45 GMT Lines: 19 In article <2s291q$pnl@meatball.rwwa.com> witr@rwwa.com (Robert Withrow) writes: > Since the ports stuff is (apparently) using CVS, it would > be trivial for the developers to produce patch files for > their changes (as was done with the emacs distribution). > This give those of us who like to be on the bleeding edge > a chance at getting newer versions of things (like GDB) > running without starting from scratch or producing our own > diffs. So... > > Could people who put stuff in ports *please* also put in > patches from the raw distribution of whatever it is they > are porting? I strongly second this. Mark -------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: Mark_Weaver@brown.edu | Brown University PGP Key: finger mhw@cs.brown.edu | Dept of Computer Science