On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 22:37, Daniel Mueller wrote:
Hi Simone, Hi Daniel,
I personally vote for removing 'unmaintained' completely. I'm a big fan of httpup repositories, because they're giving a wide range of people the chance to distribute their ports. Not every user has (shell-) access to a server for running cvsupd. Webspace is cheap & everywhere available.
De-centralization would be okay - but we need a central index of all ports.
I guess for some aspect is a matter of personal taste. The idea of a central index of httpup repos is good, in fact I've been using a port containing httpup files for a while (actually some consideration in my previous mail comes from experiences using that port). My point is that a central repository of 3rd party (or unmaintained if you prefer) would: - limit duplicates - improve the quality of ports: in theory ports from the common repository are more exposed to the users, thus possible problems are easier to discover. I won't mind if the various httpup repos are physically on a central server or not (CLC providing a central index as you suggest), so I think we share some point. Of course we should consider security implications, but that's another story. -- Simone Rota WEB : http://www.varlock.com Bergamo, Italy MAIL: sip@varlock.com