Re: Any Old Port In A Storm
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 09:32:16AM +0300, Richard Braakman wrote:
> On the other hand, isn't that part of system integration, which is
> Debian's job? Lots of things that are traditionally the admin's job
> are made easier by Debian policies.
>
> I think it would be good to create a Debian ports registry, which
> would be a central place to collect and present information about
> which ports are used by default by which packages. Its role would
> be similar to the registry of allocated userids.
>
> I'm trying to think of good ways to collect such information in
> the first place. It would be best if the raw data is supplied
> by the package maintainers directly, and can be updated by them
> when it changes.
I'd be happy to see /etc/services and /etc/protocols in sync
with IANA registerated numbers first. Debian specific
port registry sounds evil.
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ytti
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