From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 10 17:49:01 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 055241065673 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:49:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f179.google.com (mail-gx0-f179.google.com [209.85.161.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDA7A8FC21 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:49:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk1 with SMTP id 1so2497105gxk.10 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:49:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=h0IkmoJe0HYWYQEHL58K7//s21aXr5UMoWSTQeGI2G4=; b=kEzqG3Oab/tcgYWM1Oe9qzGxY6TB8PSqXbVypWwqS9gwEVKNsfBjHRhKJ9MFkMl4MO QR4gwbUpl4IGUx3nCq5N0qsRD3Fb0L5v6owfQR4ewe7qLF+x/9BNxni/MBnF9Nh9rGm6 cdgIP8M0QdOjPoyRRMCpoSHAjd6uLnlWbrwW4= Received: by 10.231.74.76 with SMTP id t12mr4402456ibj.79.1315676940075; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:49:00 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: utisoft@gmail.com Received: by 10.231.61.148 with HTTP; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:48:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110910171530.GC23457@guilt.hydra> References: <4E6B1AF5.7090900@tomse.dk> <4E6B227B.5050708@FreeBSD.org> <4E6B77EE.6030509@gmx.de> <20110910171530.GC23457@guilt.hydra> From: Chris Rees Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:48:30 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: NL-u-KW7XFP1Gf5MEMTE61dVsZw Message-ID: To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: Removed ports - looking from the bench 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: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:49:01 -0000 On 10 September 2011 18:15, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 04:45:02PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote: >> >> I want to make installing dead ports harder for users. > > Why? > Someone who wants to install a port that has been deprecated and removed should really have enough skills to check a port out of the Attic at least-- it's one command line. I don't see how much simpler it could get: cvs -d __insert_anoncvs_host_here co -D "day_before_port_was_deleted" ports/category/dead_port Chris