Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:05:49 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <code@apotheon.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removed ports - looking from the bench Message-ID: <20110910190549.GA23971@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <CADLo83_jp3Orrjp0LvVRnwxY-RL=0e8PSXmEruwaH7TsLZ7=VA@mail.gmail.com> References: <4E6B1AF5.7090900@tomse.dk> <4E6B227B.5050708@FreeBSD.org> <4E6B77EE.6030509@gmx.de> <20110910171530.GC23457@guilt.hydra> <CADLo83_jp3Orrjp0LvVRnwxY-RL=0e8PSXmEruwaH7TsLZ7=VA@mail.gmail.com>
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--HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 06:48:30PM +0100, Chris Rees wrote: > On 10 September 2011 18:15, Chad Perrin <code@apotheon.net> wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 04:45:02PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote: > >> > >> I want to make installing dead ports harder for users. > > > > Why? >=20 > Someone who wants to install a port that has been deprecated and > removed should really have enough skills to check a port out of the > Attic at least-- it's one command line. I don't see how much simpler > it could get: This does not answer my question. I find the very concept of wanting to make it harder for a user to install software bizarre. I could understand wanting to achieve some other goal, and suffering the unfortunate case of making it harder to install something, but I do not understand the simple fact of wanting to make life harder for others, unless it is a matter of pure spite. Thus my question: Why? --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk5rtQ0ACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXEPQCdE3brHV5/aenm54s0l4o8pu0f EfgAnjPAv3+qdDPAS00BmM62kiCTKcBs =wAt3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD--
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