Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:31:58 -0700 From: Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig@spymac.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Radek Kozlowski <radek@raadradd.com> Subject: Re: Drop of portindex Message-ID: <200409131731.59167.krinklyfig@spymac.com> In-Reply-To: <20040913225637.GA12665@werd> References: <BD6B5CF7.961B%tomonage2@gmx.de> <20040913225637.GA12665@werd>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Monday 13 September 2004 03:56 pm, Radek Kozlowski <radek@raadradd.com> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 02:19:35PM -0700, Jonathan Weiss wrote: > > Cheers, > > > > > > I just noticed that portindex was removed from the ports-tree: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/71534 > > > > I just started to use portindex as an faster replacement for > > portsdb and I ask myself if there are any issues with further using > > it. > > > > Are there any problems with portindex or why it is dropped? > > Radim, can you please clarify under what licence you've released the > previous versions of portindex? > > I have to say that I'm very surprised by your decision, as portindex > is a great program and many people (myself included) started to like > it (and use it). Pity. Wow ... considering that a lot of people are using portindexdb as a workaround to the current ruby core dumping problem with portsdb, this deletion will have wide ranging consequences. I changed my ports database to fix it, but I still use portindex nearly every day. Is there any way to salvage this? (I'm not a programmer, or I'd offer to take it over ...). - jt
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200409131731.59167.krinklyfig>