From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 7 14:54:22 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81785EFA for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 14:54:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kpaasial@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wg0-f51.google.com (mail-wg0-f51.google.com [74.125.82.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2C46E82 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 14:54:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f51.google.com with SMTP id gg4so9546623wgb.6 for ; Mon, 07 Jan 2013 06:54:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=2xF0C1dBhvbagj75jOXnW0OUCtoqCHTsPpW1iIvVb0k=; b=j7bW+Uel0EVr8qZEt9VrN13WLqy29YXKaS2G/asHjG7E8h1ERikOxw3ZnfhTvhWWID Bjn8ML6l8aV6fA1HOPGw+901N7uYAFzMOO/IuNdKe22pCd1u96TAFZNC3WopDqmEFWGf SCcaL+JafchKSWNpUeUV7H3+ZqiffWdhWPYEtuJUNTkA6zWkQKpqnMKnhA9C3GnGXoRp DNEO0woit25iwO4HaXxsO7sXb5ghso2q0WFSnpvKPjuS2qhOnADeo5BLQ8xzc7u+Sdbo SVf16DJfXmHYVXOvJJ2MHB7CLtRgSsBxJ1bwX7fUuXeqMi/FPmoYkCJZ2obL4+L7lLW3 U2Fw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.93.40 with SMTP id cr8mr9855913wib.15.1357570455409; Mon, 07 Jan 2013 06:54:15 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.172.197 with HTTP; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 06:54:15 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50EADEFA.2070201@marino.st> References: <50EADA33.9010308@aldan.algebra.com> <50EADEFA.2070201@marino.st> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 16:54:15 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Why delete KDE3 ports? From: Kimmo Paasiala To: John Marino Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "Mikhail T." , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:54:22 -0000 On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 4:43 PM, John Marino wrote: > On 1/7/2013 15:22, Mikhail T. wrote: >> >> On 07.01.2013 03:33, freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org wrote: >>> >>> portname: accessibility/kdeaccessibility >>> description: Accessibility applications for KDE >>> maintainer:ports@FreeBSD.org >>> deprecated because: Depends on QT3; unmaintained >>> expiration date: 2013-07-01 >>> build errors: none. >>> >>> overview:http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=accessibility&portname=kdeaccessibility >>> >> Once again a working port (no build errors) is scheduled for deletion on >> the grounds of simply being "unmaintained". >> >> Please, reconsider deleting this and other KDE-3 ports. > > > I don't normally agree with Mikhail's rants to save old ports, but in the > case of KDE-3, I am inclined to share his view. > > Are KDE-3 ports causing any problems? I don't know if KDE-3 is still be > developed upstream, but if it's not it doesn't really need much maintenance. > > John > I'm asking this on behalf of the port maintainers so they don't have to. I'm not a committer nor a maintainer of any ports myself fyi. Are you willing to step up as the maintainer of the KDE3 ports? Or anyone else reading this? The situation with ports like KDE3 is that they are lots of work to keep up in shape and if no one wants to maintain them they succumb to what is called "bitrot" very quickly when something changes in dependent ports or in the base system. -Kimmo