MacPorts caching of distfiles [was Re: ntfs-3g 1.1120 source missing]

[Jordan K. Hubbard]

On Feb 22, 2008, at 11:51 PM, Anders F Björklund wrote:

> Before fetching all the files, it would probably nice to fix the
> timestamps so that they correctly reflect the upstream distfile ?

I guess I'm missing something.  Why is this important?   Distfiles are  
essentially opaque to the MacPorts user, so what would be the point of  
going to extra trouble to sync a timestamp from some remote server  
(which might not even have the correct time - I've seen some pretty  
wacky timestamps out there on the net)?

- Jordan