On 22.02.2008, at 22:14, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > Pretty much all the major port collections projects provide a > distfile cache and I think it's time that MacPorts did as well.
One point to consider in this discussion is that some ports' software license might not allow this caching. Therefore, it should be possible to bypass the cache from within the Portfile. For example, the molden Port has the following caveat: ... "given that the source-code is always downloaded from the authors webpage and we add a banner asking users to register at the following web-page: http://www.cmbi.ru.nl/molden/form.html " This has to do with scientific funding and the necessary proof of usage of the program. Greetings, Jochen -- Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit http://www.Jochen-Kuepper.de Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité GnuPG key: CC1B0B4D Sex, drugs and rock-n-roll _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
