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1 | This directory contains publically accessible software that has |
2 | been made to function with 386BSD Release 0.1 . The work to accomplish | |
3 | these various ports of software has been contributed by many tireless | |
4 | volunteers, and amounts to a major body of valuable code that is | |
5 | directly usable by those running 386BSD. It is provided as a | |
6 | convience to 386BSD users, and as a place to focus further development | |
7 | of these and still more future public access software. | |
8 | ||
9 | These packages are provided as-is, and many are undergoing continual | |
10 | development. They vary greatly in terms of quality, performance, | |
11 | and "support". Some are in daily use by maintainers with 386BSD, | |
12 | others are barely used, and we don't have a clear idea as to which | |
13 | is which. | |
14 | ||
15 | This is *not* a general purpose software repository, this is solely | |
16 | aimed at 386BSD. If you are interested in these packages running | |
17 | on other platforms than 386BSD, you should contact the packages | |
18 | maintainers. [Note to new package porters: please include mail | |
19 | addresses, names and phone numbers for this purpose]. As a result, | |
20 | to save space we may omit parts not relevant to 386BSD. Otherwise, | |
21 | we'd get to gigabyte size in no time at all, and lose the point of | |
22 | being a 386BSD clearing house. | |
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24 | If you find a bug or make an improvement, please inform the | |
25 | maintainers and us of it. We reccomend sending new contributions | |
26 | via the U.S. Mail on a floppy or tape to us at 447 61ST Street, | |
27 | Oakland, CA 94609. Likewise with any new contributions, which | |
28 | *should* be posted to the network news at the same time. Please | |
29 | realize we have limited resources with our project, and it may take | |
30 | a while before we can respond to your contribution. | |
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32 | If you have a great interest in maintaining a certain package on | |
33 | 386BSD that is important to you, please also contact us. We'll put | |
34 | you in contact with those involved, and gratefully allow your | |
35 | particapation with us on those packages. |