Index: MANIFEST.SKIP
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--- MANIFEST.SKIP	(revision 41492)
+++ MANIFEST.SKIP	(working copy)
@@ -11,9 +11,14 @@
 # Ignore the SVN directories
 \B\.svn\b
 
-# ports/ should not go into release tarballs
-^ports$
-^ports/
+# Some ports/ of parts should not go into release tarballs, but fedora, 
+# suse, and mandriva should, at the very least.  If you want others in,
+# Feel free to discuss it at https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/ticket/873
+^ports/cpan
+^ports/cygwin
+^ports/debian
+^ports/macports
+^ports/ubuntu
 # generated from svn:ignore of './'
 ^.*\.core$
 ^.*\.core/