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Date:      Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:05:39 -0800
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Rene Ladan <rene@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports MOVED ports/x11-wm Makefile ports/x11-wm/xfce Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/x11-wm/xfce/files patch-ltmain.sh patch-other::xinitrc.in patch-xfce::taskbar.c
Message-ID:  <4F2B08B3.8060204@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20120202163919.GA95614@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201202021607.q12G7Q1i070404@repoman.freebsd.org> <20120202163919.GA95614@FreeBSD.org>

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On 02/02/2012 08:39, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at 04:07:26PM +0000, Rene Ladan wrote:
>> rene        2012-02-02 16:07:26 UTC
>>
>>   Modified files:
>>     .                    MOVED 
>>     x11-wm               Makefile 
>>   Removed files:
>>     x11-wm/xfce          Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist 
>>     x11-wm/xfce/files    patch-ltmain.sh patch-other::xinitrc.in 
>>                          patch-xfce::taskbar.c 
>>   Log:
>>   Remove expired port:
>>   2012-02-01 x11-wm/xfce: abandoned upstream, use x11-wm/xfce4 instead
> 
> Perhaps it makes sense to move x11-wm/xfce4 -> x11-wm/xfce now?  

No, please don't do that. These moves are *very* disruptive to users,
especially when you're trying to update ports on a system that hasn't
been updated in a while.

I said many years ago that we should be versioning port directory names
and using latest_link to handle 'pkg_add -r xfce'. Having spent a
non-trivial amount of time over the last year+ updating a bunch of old
systems, and more recently taking my laptop out of mothballs after just
a few months, I'm more convinced of this than I ever was.


Doug

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