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From: mwilley@hillres142.cc.purdue.edu (Mark Willey)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps
Subject: Re: Trying to help
Date: 26 Jan 1995 20:42:43 GMT
Organization: Nomad Rendezvous
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Message-ID: <3g91g3$lck@mozo.cc.purdue.edu>
References: <D30ns8.LAs@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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To: paco@Virginia.EDU (Brian -Paco- Hope)

In article <D30ns8.LAs@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, paco@Virginia.EDU (Brian -Paco- Hope) writes:
|> I have compiled a few programs that I thought were general interest and
|> I thought I'd do people a favor and make them available as binary 
|> packages.  I know what goes into a package and I can figure out most of
|> how to make one but I was wondering a few things:
|> 
|> 1. Do users submit packages, or must they come from the core team?

Anybody.

|> 2. If users do submit them, where do I put them, and then who do I
|>    notify?

Put them on any NetBSD (or FreeBSD) package site.

|> 3. If users do submit them, any quick summary of guidelines/techniques?

Talk to the majordomo:

Majordomo@Good.com

If you don't know how to speak Majordomi, let me know and I will brief you.

Mark

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