Re: UnOfficial OpenBSD Projects in Work

[Liam <allenwc@shaw.ca>]

on 15/2/02, at the evil hour of 3:57 PM +0000, marvin wrote:
>William C. Allen writes:
>
>>  OpenBSD Projects in Work at Present
>>  dmassage                                cd@sentia.nl
>
>Why is this UnOfficial ?
>As opposed to Official ports and why the difference ?
>Just curious....

Well, Official ports tracking, or Official projects would be implying 
that there is some sanction or support or recognition, or even 
interest by those who administer openBSD. Or that in some way, this 
project had some sort of connection to the openBSD project itself.

Unofficial, on the other hand, means that there is no implied, 
official, legal, legitimate, or otherwise, recognition or connection 
between my projects and port tracking and the openBSD project itself, 
other than the undeniable fact that what I'm tracking certainly 
contributes to the openBSD effort as whole.

It also lets people know that the tracking is done without the 
support or resources of the openBSD project, and therefore, you can 
understand that these lists are NOT complete, 100% accurate, 100% up 
to date, all inclusive, or in any way shape or form perfect. :-)

I am NOT saying that the people who are involved in the project do 
not support my efforts, they certainly do! I'm just saying that my 
efforts are not part of the project itself. They(my efforts) are 
outside of it(the openBSD project), looking in.


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