Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 09:29:55 +0100 From: John Marino <freebsd.contact@marino.st> To: Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org>, Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org> Cc: John Marino <marino@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r407270 - head/ports-mgmt/portmaster Message-ID: <56A88003.5020709@marino.st> In-Reply-To: <20160127080158.GR87372@droso.dk> References: <201601261123.u0QBNcvL091258@repo.freebsd.org> <56A80CFF.7070900@FreeBSD.org> <20160127080158.GR87372@droso.dk>
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On 1/27/2016 9:01 AM, Erwin Lansing wrote: > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 04:19:11PM -0800, Bryan Drewery wrote: >> On 1/26/2016 3:23 AM, John Marino wrote: >>> Author: marino >>> Date: Tue Jan 26 11:23:38 2016 >>> New Revision: 407270 >>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/407270 >>> >>> Log: >>> ports-mgmt/portmaster: DEPRECATE without expiration date >>> >> I think this needs community discussion. Many people have said privately >> it bothered them. >> > > Please revert. As you point out, there are good reasons for doing so, > but the subsequent discussion also makes clear there are plenty of > reasons not to do so. This needs a wider discussion and not a > unilateral drive-by commit. > As long as there is no qualified developer for portmaster, there are no valid reasons not to do so. This port should not be eligible to be unmaintained as it 1) documented in handbook and 2) unsuitable for community maintenance. Each objection can be countered with fact. portmaster either needs a competent single developer IMMEDIATELY (and I would say after problems are fixed) or it needs to labelled deprecated to warn potential and existing users alike. Hiding the facts does no service to anyone. John
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