From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 20 08:14:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A20216A41F for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:14:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A99343D5F for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:14:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 969711A3C1B; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:14:00 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id EE550528E5; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:13:59 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:13:59 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: Micah Message-ID: <20060120081359.GC10317@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <43D06A99.8070900@ywave.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="NU0Ex4SbNnrxsi6C" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43D06A99.8070900@ywave.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: Craig Deal , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portmanager status? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:14:03 -0000 --NU0Ex4SbNnrxsi6C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 08:44:09PM -0800, Micah wrote: > Craig Deal wrote: > >I just ran portmanager -s and it said that it has been removed from > >the ports collection. The "MOVED" file said > >"sysutils/portmanager||2006-01-19|Author withdrew permission to > >distribute". Does this mean it will not be available any more, or is > >this temporary? > > > >Does anyone have a recommendation for a replacement for a novice user. > >Portmanager was very easy to use and I never had a problem with it. > > > >Thanks, > >Craig >=20 > Check out http://portmanager.sunsite.dk/preface.html > "I have decided to remove portmanager from the FreeBSD ports tree=20 > because I do not get along with the people in charge of FreeBSD ports." >=20 > Sounds pretty permanent to me. Someone else might take over development..assuming it was under an open source license, there's nothing the author can do to stop them. Kris --NU0Ex4SbNnrxsi6C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD0JvHWry0BWjoQKURAgcCAKD0rl3ad6MmomDoXRj+xUCvc0QevQCgy/1G reGv23mRfZ/XZ3j1wBCkSUc= =G//V -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NU0Ex4SbNnrxsi6C--