Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 12:50:01 +0200 From: Thierry Thomas <thierry@FreeBSD.org> To: Gabor Tjong A Hung <g.v.tjongahung@gmail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Discontinued projects Message-ID: <20070524105001.GC93167@graf.pompo.net> In-Reply-To: <822946050705240316q12889ebaq4aac69382f43caf@mail.gmail.com> References: <822946050705240316q12889ebaq4aac69382f43caf@mail.gmail.com>
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--K/NRh952CO+2tg14 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Le Jeu 24 mai 07 =E0 12:16:26 +0200, Gabor Tjong A Hung <g.v.tjongahung@gma= il.com> =E9crivait=A0: > What happens with discontinued projects? > They seem to pollute our ports tree. >=20 > http://tmsnc.sourceforge.net/ seems to indiacte that the project is > discontinued. Shouldn't its port be removed from the ports tree then? > I've noticed the same with several other ports. > http://koti.mbnet.fi/jarmonik/MathPlanner.html aka editors/MathPlanner Well, if they are still usuable, why would we remove them? In the future, they might break for some reason (unfetchable, broken with a new compiler version, not compatible with some dependency, etc.): at this time, let's see if someone take time to fix them; if not, they will be marked as deprecated, and then removed. Regards, --=20 Th. Thomas. --K/NRh952CO+2tg14 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGVW3Zc95pjMcUBaIRAurRAKDSlTQusaaUC7Cf4OxnBr4q8oZI/gCgsVLM dK9RMjDs7K7Hr4zfSM4WSTA= =Jj0H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --K/NRh952CO+2tg14--
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