On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:36:38AM +0100, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > > all these efforts to rescue the ports are all good, but: do we actually > > _need_ the ports? Just having one more port isn't a value in itself. > > It's a potential value. Having one port less is a potential loss.
Potential value, but each port has a real cost: the time to deal with things such as keeping a copy of the ports tree (and, of course, trying to make packages for each port) each has a marginal cost. mcl _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
