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Re: [HEADS UP] packages not supporting destdir
On Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 06:29:30PM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
>
> This issue is serious. We do harm to NetBSD and pkgsrc acceptance by
> removing packages on arbitrary grounds. You should present strong
> reasons why the lack of staged installation support should be the
> reason to remove fully functional packages.
>
> I basically agree with Aleksej here; I don't like pruning things because
> they are aesthetically displeasing. To date, I haven't seen an argument
> that their continued existence is causing anyone problems.
>
> I'm still using cvsup, and that saves the main anoncvs server from quite
> a bit of traffic (many people at work use my mirror). If you delete
> the package I'll nuke my server and tell people to just use the public
> one. Maybe that's ok, but it seems inadvisable if there's no real harm.
Is there a reason you don't use csup, Greg?
Thanks,
Alistair
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