From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 26 01:57:15 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 59873106566B for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:57:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mezz.freebsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDFAA8FC12 for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:57:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vxc34 with SMTP id 34so209778vxc.13 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:57:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=+qZPnFbE1DCEIuzL2q22mc0IHzmcrvph54O9pP9ayQE=; b=RaD5H8HCyWhZeNvJrbnrcmtTZvgG9uDxujmiFbakgqCin0aiHv1ErGqKX6e3BSWh4x Xnv7E+YSNy4BzLMkmUm5veKIVwH3sI0E8EDzScWDom13+LnRrSV/6zvTO8LMpS3nZ5jk cUHjwYbX5TqXrH6B/Y35rcb0gM0pfQ2OR/LqE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=rD7TO9RlY7TMr95IuaYGi/3xE8jeHwPZY2BqjeP+8CutRbz5mMMg+ttP6l6V3EU3VZ USqxJKnPZMLnfzqcqkpg92CxCUBPvnjlLqjpLmdcP1x9TnTaULygHrKyIZ6n6iuWgqP/ 2Z2QAmVa+YkCmHWFhcpJOzGL3vFo8Zzh7yEy0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.66.18 with SMTP id l18mr53862vci.105.1303783033758; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:57:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.180.2 with HTTP; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:57:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4DB6165F.1010806@FreeBSD.org> References: <4DB6165F.1010806@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:57:13 -0500 Message-ID: From: Jeremy Messenger To: Doug Barton Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, martinko Subject: Re: saving a few ports from death 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, 26 Apr 2011 01:57:15 -0000 On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Doug Barton 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