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
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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
>