Subject: Re: kernel source
To: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-alpha
Date: 11/28/1998 18:50:22
On Sun, 29 Nov 1998 13:57:58 +1100 (EST) 
 John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> wrote:

 > That's just discipline for the snapshot builder. IMHO it's better to
 > delay the release of a snapshot in order to get a "good build" from
 > sources unmodified in the local tree, just to avoid the need to distribute
 > a snapshot of source too. 

A portmaster should be able to build a snapshot any time he/she chooses.

 > That just loads down the mirrors that carry the snapshot.

Nonsense.

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