Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:58:20 +0200 From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD unmaintained ports which are currently scheduled for deletion Message-ID: <4E5646EC.9050600@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <4E550102.6070804@aldan.algebra.com> References: <201108210630.p7L6UDoS091751@koala.droso.net> <20110822192636.GA56437@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <CADLo839CgPCnPCxr3BjNmpeA1q-RkU-_jAeXk=VdCfHefFvSuA@mail.gmail.com> <20110823191036.GA39310@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <4E550102.6070804@aldan.algebra.com>
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Am 24.08.2011 15:47, schrieb Mikhail T.: > On -10.01.-28163 14:59, Peter Jeremy wrote: >>>>> >> >portname: sysutils/cpuburn >>>> >> Actually, the mastersite has been discontinued by the ISP. It >>>> looks >>>> >> like it's still available elsewhere but I can't find a replacement >>>> >> mastersite. >>> > >>> >So this one is correct??? >> It seems to be - which is unfortunate. > Can it be unbroken by using the Internet archive? > > --- Makefile 2 Aug 2011 17:03:41 -0000 1.9 > +++ Makefile 24 Aug 2011 13:46:21 -0000 > @@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ > PORTVERSION= 1.4 > CATEGORIES= sysutils > -MASTER_SITES= http://pages.sbcglobal.net/redelm/ > +MASTER_SITES= > http://web.archive.org/web/20070304200856/http://pages.sbcglobal.net/redelm/ > > DISTNAME= cpuburn_${PORTVERSION:S/./_/g} > EXTRACT_SUFX= _tar.gz > > If so, quite a few other victims of this latest purging can be given a > new life. Yours, Wrong way. Either you become or find the/a new upstream maintainer or it gets removed. We don't need to prolong life of otherwise dead software. Again, FreeBSD ports are not a museum. For further arguments, Chris has linked to an earlier message I'd sent. If a port is really that important, someone can/will pick it up.
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