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Re: Why were all DJB's ports removed? No more qmail?

To: OpenBSD ports-related discussion <ports@openbsd.org>
Subject: Re: Why were all DJB's ports removed? No more qmail?
From: Heikki Korpela <heko@iki.fi>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 20:09:11 +0300 (EEST)
In-reply-to: <20010828165021.14430.qmail@cr.yp.to>
Reply-to: <heko@iki.fi>
Sender: owner-ports@openbsd.org
On 28 Aug 2001, D. J. Bernstein wrote:

> > On the other hand, you set very explicit restrictions that we obviously
> > can't possibly meet.
> Liar. All you have to do is stop trying to screw around with the
> package. Many other distributors---those that consider user happiness
> more important than control---are following the rules.

OpenBSD won't follow your rules. Ports tree has
to "screw up" with packages if they don't fit in otherwise.
It does so with Netscape, too.

> > In fact, why don't you just use the BSD licence ?
> http://cr.yp.to/compatibility.html

OpenBSD is not the OS with a colored panama. (Ruthlessly stolen from
a CVS commit log.)

In OpenBSD, it's more important for to have a consistent layout
through the system, especially the ports, than to have a consistent
layout for each package throuhgout all the systems.



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