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From: Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] keep a gen 2013 snapshot on mirrors
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 20:49:42
Message-Id: 1384375774.3173.0@NeddySeagoon_SSD
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] keep a gen 2013 snapshot on mirrors by Rich Freeman
1 On 2013.11.13 19:12, Rich Freeman wrote:
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3 [snip]
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5 > Going back in time with portage is the easy part - it is in CVS.
6 >
7 > The real problem is all the distfiles themselves, especially things
8 > like out-of-tree patch tarballs hosted by devs.
9 >
10 > Rich
11 >
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13 Rich,
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15 The GPL obliges us to keep such patches around for three years, iirc.
16 Don't we do that ?
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Re: [gentoo-dev] keep a gen 2013 snapshot on mirrors Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>