On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 06:32:53PM +0200, Sigfred Håversen wrote: > For instance, security/clamav has run dependencies on unrar and unarj, > both that can not be included on the ftp site as a package for license > reasons. devel/eclipse is "another" example. I use both, so to actually use > those packages I need to use the ports tree. > > The advice to "always use packages" is very good, but is not always > appropriate. > > /Sigfred
Get your priorities straight. The main thing you can do is lobby the author of these pieces of software to give you a better licence so that we are allowed to distribute packages.
