Subject: pkgsrc freeze is over.
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Alistair Crooks <azcb0@amdahl.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 09/28/1998 05:37:11
I wrote:
> ...
> given the good results we had with the shakeout for 1.3.2, it made
> sense to call a mini-freeze in pkgsrc, which actually started on
> Monday September 7th, 08:00 GMT. This is mainly because we want to
> consolidate things now, to try building pkgsrc on as many NetBSD
> platforms as we can, and to move on.
>
> [...]
>
> I envisage that this should take about a week of elapsed time.
Just to inform you that we tagged the pkgsrc tree last night, and that
new packages and some updates are being added now. Thanks for your
patience.
And just to show that my estimation skills are as good as they were,
it took 3 weeks of elapsed time, instead of 1.