Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:12:09 -0400 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: saving a few ports from death Message-ID: <20110426141209.0d07bccf@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20110426163424.GB38579@comcast.net> References: <ip53jn$92d$1@dough.gmane.org> <4DB6165F.1010806@FreeBSD.org> <20110426024122.GA38579@comcast.net> <A9C17565-97D8-43F1-9CF7-8CFC79EFEA7B@FreeBSD.org> <20110426163424.GB38579@comcast.net>
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On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:34:24 -0700 Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net> articulated: > It's a bit of a leap to assume that a program that's popular on Linux > will be as popular on BSD, but it's the best data we have for the time > being. If you want to definitively ascertain the popularity of an application, just remove it from the ports structure and see how many users complain. -- Jerry ✌ jerry+ports@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________
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