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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc 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!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news2.new-york.net!lepslog From: lepslog@j51.com (Louis Epstein) Subject: Re: tin 1.3 beta port for FreeBSD? X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] X-Nntp-Posting-User: (Unauthenticated) Message-ID: <DK5H3q.FHz@news2.new-york.net> References: <4b6u5a$hpi@tzlink.j51.com> <DJv4x7.Mtw@ritz.mordor.com> <4ba5ur$k7c@news.n2.net> <4bc7an$q01@tzlink.j51.com> <4bk26h$nnq@mark.ucdavis.edu> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: j51.com Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1995 16:14:14 GMT Lines: 22 David E. O'Brien (obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu) wrote: : 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. Well,the bash port that I got was of a beta of the now-released 1.14.6.