On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 12:46:27AM -0800, J.C. Roberts wrote: > > Maybe some ports@ people (not openbsd developers, since they could do > > that already) could create cvs server and maintain -stable ports tree > > by themselves? > > > > > > I would step in. > > And why the hell would you trust a third part cvs server of ports-stable > if it's not being run by the same security conscious folks who normally > handle the ports tree?
You don't have to trust it. It's not a bad idea per se. This is how open source is supposed to work. I would not tell people not to do this, even if they did it only to gain some experience with porting. If such a project were launched, it's possible that at some point in time some people will have grown the skills to maintain the proper -stable ports tree. OpenBSD needs these people to fill the gap. In the worst case, no one ever checks out their 3rd party ports tree. But no one is losing anything. -- stefan http://stsp.name PGP Key: 0xF59D25F0
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