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Date:      Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:33:17 -0500
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Dead projects in ports tree
Message-ID:  <18857.62445.427549.190772@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
In-Reply-To: <49a9eea5.Ke%2BY8TkWIWKHBRfY%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
References:  <7d6fde3d0902281509v6a98521as618421daf52b3abe@mail.gmail.com> <49a9eea5.Ke%2BY8TkWIWKHBRfY%perryh@pluto.rain.com>

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perryh@pluto.rain.com writes:

>  > multimedia/openquicktime - no movement in CVS / SVN for 1+ years;
>  > no releases in the past 3 years
>  
>  This strikes me as slim evidence on which to seek a death sentence :)
>  
>  While I can't testify to the usefulness of this particular port,
>  the fact that something has not changed in a long time could just
>  as well mean that it does its job well -- and thus does not need
>  to be updated -- as that it is no longer useful.

	Are there criteria - or even guidelines - for when a port
should be reaped?


					Robert Huff




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