From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 17 14:54:34 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3D5A106566C; Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:54:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA1E88FC08; Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:54:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mart.js.berklix.net (p5DCBE0F5.dip.t-dialin.net [93.203.224.245]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p7HEaJfV003801; Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:36:20 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by mart.js.berklix.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p7HEafxw024604; Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:36:41 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p7HEaNYQ071778; Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:36:29 GMT (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <201108171436.p7HEaNYQ071778@fire.js.berklix.net> To: Chris Rees From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://www.berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultancy, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://www.berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://www.berklix.com In-reply-to: Your message "Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:18:05 BST." Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:36:23 +0200 Sender: jhs@berklix.com Cc: ports@freebsd.org, ben@freebsd.org, Poul-Henning Kamp Subject: Re: sysutils/diskcheckd needs fixing and a maintainer 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: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:54:35 -0000 Hi, Reference: > From: Chris Rees > Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:18:05 +0100 > Message-id: Chris Rees wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to clear some PRs from freebsd-ports-bugs, and I've found > that sysutils/diskcheckd is in need of some attention. > > It doesn't appear to have been developed (or maintained) since 2001, > and has a PR associated with it that looks a little tricky (koitsu@ > has attempted to investigate a similar of these a while ago). > > I've set it DEPRECATED to expire in two months, after which I'm going > to remove it if it's not fixed... I browsed the 2 URLs. It seems extreme to remove a port, just to close those send-prs. Better to leave the port marked as having some run errors in some circumstances, that we dont have manpower for, but leave port in tree. Many are not accustomed to look in Attic. If its still in tree others may find it, & port any newer version. At least it compiles. If removed, some people who look for such a tool might not know it exists & already ported. Fixing a tool that has already been easily found & built, is easier than finding, porting & fixing. Those who have been helped by a pre-existant ports/ Makefile are more likely to contribute a replacement upgrade. Those that have to do their own finding & porting are less likely to contribute their upgrade. If you'r trying to force find/ blackmail ;-) a MAINTAINER, you could also ask: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org + those who filed the 2 x send-pr Jeremy Chadwick Vincent Poy I guess you already notified creator David W. Chapman Jr. (dwcjr@FreeBSD.org) Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Reply below, not above; Indent with "> "; Cumulative like a play script. Format: Plain text. Not HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-printable.