From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 30 21:12:47 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78FCC106566B for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:12:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from code@apotheon.net) Received: from oproxy1-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy1.bluehost.com [IPv6:2605:dc00:100:2::a1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3A12D8FC12 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:12:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 23297 invoked by uid 0); 30 Aug 2011 21:12:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by oproxy1.bluehost.com with SMTP; 30 Aug 2011 21:12:46 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.net; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=qzaHIRegYHXg697RHZjkpXhKdZwdewW1/28+PtmalhY=; b=loCrq4ciGs6J29hMYuQhFtQcDQtU8EFj2GA3q158fj1UX3aVhg4iB0bNEA7OPemDvESP7lKyRrEqlo4DKQkW+HZM/1v9c+mHezlwUA5ARYRF+nOFW4fa7n+FTRJ27O4k; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1QyVbx-0006tj-3p for freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:12:46 -0600 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:54:19 -0600 Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:54:19 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: "freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org" Message-ID: <20110830205419.GA70668@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: "freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org" References: <4E5C79AF.6000408@FreeBSD.org> <20110830152920.GB69850@guilt.hydra> <4E5D321D.9020209@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="pWyiEgJYm5f9v55/" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E5D321D.9020209@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Cc: Subject: Re: Why do we not mark vulnerable ports DEPRECATED? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:12:47 -0000 --pWyiEgJYm5f9v55/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:55:25AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > On 08/30/2011 08:29, Chad Perrin wrote: > >=20 > > Might that not interfere with the process of getting a new maintainer f= or > > a popular port when its previous maintainer has been lax (or hit by a > > bus)? >=20 > Sorry if I'm being dense, but I'm not seeing the connection. Can you > elaborate? I'll put it another way: Wouldn't it be easier for a new maintainer to pick up maintenance of a port if (s)he doesn't have to start over from scratch? --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --pWyiEgJYm5f9v55/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk5dTfsACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKUpRgCZAcvnMShlnKh0bIsuFj46XIq7 cI4AoI9QvbPgzDLYo4yym0gg7y/+DoA2 =Secg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pWyiEgJYm5f9v55/--