On Feb 16, 2011, at 12:38 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
> I would dislike removing vcs fetching because it is very convenient to use.
> It can be used correctly -- specifying a version to fetch -- maintainers just
> need to know that they need to do that. Yes, the downloads are not verified.
> I'm not terribly fussed about that. Maybe I should be. Maybe I just don't
> want the added inconvenience of having to create and upload tarballs every
> time I want to update a port that uses vcs fetching.
sounds like something that could be automated so that it wouldn't be painful
for the port maintainer, but still gives the benefit of pulling a verified
tarball for end-users.
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