Subject: Re: URL to package-specific web pages
To: Brook Milligan <brook@trillium.NMSU.Edu>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 01/13/1999 09:20:01
	You probably want the browsable web listings:

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/databases/mysql/README.html

		David/absolute

	 -=-  "That which does not kill us, makes us stranger"  -=-

On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Brook Milligan wrote:

> I am thinking that it might be a good idea to encourage references
> from 3rd party software home pages to our packages.  That way people
> perusing those pages will get referred to our package system.  Just a
> little bit of free advertising!
> 
> I can start by suggesting to the PostgreSQL folks that they add a
> reference to our package, but I am having trouble finding the exact
> URL to use.  I see that the main packages page is
> 
> 	http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/software/packages.html
> 
> but I cannot identify the page specifically for the PostgreSQL
> package.  Will someone please point me to the correct URL to forward
> to the PostgreSQL developers?
> 
> Perhaps others can do similar things with software they are involved
> with.  Hint, hint ... :)
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Cheers,
> Brook
>