From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 10 19:24:46 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 0E5E41065673 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:24:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from code@apotheon.net) Received: from oproxy4-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy4.bluehost.com [IPv6:2605:dc00:100:2::a4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C2B168FC12 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:24:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 18870 invoked by uid 0); 10 Sep 2011 19:24:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy1.bluehost.com with SMTP; 10 Sep 2011 19:24:45 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.net; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=5PXekKA8PHZ2Lj8fTRtINoA4QBd/aCz3t9N9w+NN1bU=; b=YsJ/vuTjVxqkBZ81DdIPEogpaw/MiLdZHl4W+Ii1uQ31nRzc7Mm0gUux8b/bV/gQm1hP+4OPMmu9inK/COPoo42pz3pvY69l5q300CsuyW41TtURAeS/F9BW6zVEQS5a; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1R2TAS-000347-CL for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:24:45 -0600 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:05:49 -0600 Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:05:49 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110910190549.GA23971@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <4E6B1AF5.7090900@tomse.dk> <4E6B227B.5050708@FreeBSD.org> <4E6B77EE.6030509@gmx.de> <20110910171530.GC23457@guilt.hydra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} 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 19:24:46 -0000 --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 06:48:30PM +0100, Chris Rees wrote: > 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? >=20 > 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: This does not answer my question. I find the very concept of wanting to make it harder for a user to install software bizarre. I could understand wanting to achieve some other goal, and suffering the unfortunate case of making it harder to install something, but I do not understand the simple fact of wanting to make life harder for others, unless it is a matter of pure spite. Thus my question: Why? --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk5rtQ0ACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXEPQCdE3brHV5/aenm54s0l4o8pu0f EfgAnjPAv3+qdDPAS00BmM62kiCTKcBs =wAt3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD--