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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!agate!library.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!not-for-mail From: obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu (David E. O'Brien) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: tin 1.3 beta port for FreeBSD? Date: 24 Dec 1995 17:21:21 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4bk26h$nnq@mark.ucdavis.edu> References: <4b6u5a$hpi@tzlink.j51.com> <DJv4x7.Mtw@ritz.mordor.com> <4ba5ur$k7c@news.n2.net> <4bc7an$q01@tzlink.j51.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu Louis Epstein (lepslog@j51.com) wrote: : Frank MacLachlan (fpm@n2.net) wrote: : : Chris Mauritz (ritz@ritz.mordor.com) wrote: : : : : : : I never could get 1.3beta to properly make use of news overview : : : files. It always insisted on building index files in the user's : : : home directory, which wastes a LOT of disk space. I ended up : : : switching back to 1.22. : : : I've built several versions of tin 1.3beta and all have used the news : : overview files. Works great! : : Well,could someone get it into the FreeBSD Ports Collections?? Real question is what is the policy for doing ports of Beta software? I don't see the stability as big an issue as the moving target for what the port makefile will pull down and weather the supplied patches work for the version pulled down. -- David (obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu)