MASTER_SITE_FEDORA_LINUX in bsd.sites.mk

[Chris Rees]

On 17 Jan 2012 08:32, <perryh at pluto.rain.com> wrote:
>
> Jason Helfman <jgh at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > I was looking at update bsd.sites.mk, and found that
> > MASTER_SITE_FEDORA_LINUX is only used in one port.
> >
> > Any objection to moving this site-index into
x11-themes/bluecurve-themes,
> > and removing from bsd.sites.mk?
> >
> > There is also a referrence to it in bsd.linux-rpm.mk, but not certain
how
> > this should be handled. This seems to be a legacy site-index.
>
> This might better be asked on ports@ (Cc'd).
>
> I would think that Fedora is a sufficiently common distribution
> to warrant keeping this setting in a central location, in case
> of future need in a non-X port, unless its presence is causing
> problems.
>

I worry about the ethics of 'stealing' Fedora's bandwidth with other
people's ports; we should only be using their mirrors if it's explicitly
developed by Fedora.

Chris