Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:57:13 -0500 From: Jeremy Messenger <mezz.freebsd@gmail.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, martinko <gamato@users.sf.net> Subject: Re: saving a few ports from death Message-ID: <BANLkTin3=02_6FCKxsd1Vc5acN%2BRnYAvtQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4DB6165F.1010806@FreeBSD.org> References: <ip53jn$92d$1@dough.gmane.org> <4DB6165F.1010806@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 04/25/2011 17:28, martinko wrote: >> >> Ok, >> I skimmed through the list of deprecated ports and I identifed the >> following that I may be using or at least used in past and I could take >> over their maintenance to save them from death: > > Generally by the time that a port has deteriorated to the point where the > distfiles are gone, and it has no maintainer, it's usually a pretty good > sign that it's time to move on. This isn't just because of the distfile > issue. Every port in the tree consumes resources, whether it's for pointy= hat > runs, space on the package sites (including the mirrors), etc. They also > consume time to deal with when they get broken by changes in the OS, etc. > What we're trying to do here is to eliminate ports that are no longer > useful. > > You might want to consider whether or not some of these can be replaced b= y > different alternatives. > >> misc/wmweather > > Give misc/wmweather+ a try. It's actively developed and maintained. > >> sysutils/wmmemmon > > There are a million other dockapps that do similar jobs, and this one doe= s > not seem that special. :) > > As for the gimp thing that you mentioned, I don't know anything about it, http://registry.gimp.org/node/137 "GREYCstoration has been discontinued, and is now replaced by the G'MIC project, which contains all the former GREYCstoration features, but also much much much more !" http://gmic.sourceforge.net/gimp.shtml (G'MIC project) Cheers, Mezz > but if you wish to become its maintainer the polite thing to do would be = to > provide resources to host its distfile(s). > > > Doug > > -- > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0-- OK Go > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DN= S. > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Yours for the right price. =A0:) =A0http://SupersetSolutio= ns.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --=20 mezz.freebsd@gmail.com - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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