Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 13:57:07 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com> Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Deprecation policies (was: svn commit: r347338 - in head/net-p2p: . microdc2 microdc2/files) Message-ID: <20140308125707.GD6900@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.2.11.1403072238450.7314@tuna.site> References: <201403070625.s276PGbO062948@svn.freebsd.org> <CAFY%2ByE=w9rvhzdcC8q2tZvyFQrFQMrxjQ1W7JG4s1rsf-kvtnA@mail.gmail.com> <20140307090840.GB98331@FreeBSD.org> <7A2A804C-B978-4259-9945-27A764EC9AB7@gmail.com> <20140307092408.GA3390@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.LSU.2.11.1403072238450.7314@tuna.site>
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--PHCdUe6m4AxPMzOu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Mar 08, 2014 at 01:09:50PM +0100, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: > On Fri, 7 Mar 2014, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > microdc2 is useful port; and given how easy it was to unbreak it, I don= 't > > understand how could it possibly slip into abyss in the first place. :( > > This is why I generally do not support deprecation due to compile failu= re. >=20 > Have you done any larger infrastructure work recently? >=20 > I have worked on several, and I can tell it is painful. It is painful=20 > because of all those semi-broken and kind-of-broken and partially mended= =20 > and dying and reanimated and undead ports in the tree. Ports that still= =20 > do not support staging. Ports that fail to build on most versions I test. >=20 >=20 > If anything, I think we need to consider becoming more aggressive: >=20 > A port that fails to build on either of the latest two major release=20 > branches for X months gets deprecated. >=20 > A port that does not support staging by my birthday gets deprecated. >=20 > Any such ports that have been deprecated for two months and not seen > any work to fix them get removed. >=20 > Gerald >=20 >=20 > PS: I am not asking for perfection and appreciate all the help I have > received from Thierry, Mat, Sunpoet, Ren=E9, John, David, Martin, Decke, > the B brothers and others with their ports and mine and infrastructure. +10000 !!!! regards, Bapt --PHCdUe6m4AxPMzOu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlMbE6MACgkQ8kTtMUmk6ExpjwCfe7EJKHAHA/UpekiRZnA9qRDz ceEAn11L1LPPTLGYFmaQhuPcRmtgckJ1 =sjC0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --PHCdUe6m4AxPMzOu--
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