Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 11:33:30 -0400 From: "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com> To: Matthias Andree <mandree@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/155759 - bad reasons for ports removal -- again Message-ID: <4DDA7E4A.4000306@aldan.algebra.com> In-Reply-To: <4DDA7C11.6020907@FreeBSD.org> References: <4DD9CC82.3020609@aldan.algebra.com> <4DDA3A0E.4070209@FreeBSD.org> <4DDA6B75.4020409@aldan.algebra.com> <4DDA7C11.6020907@FreeBSD.org>
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On 23.05.2011 11:24, Matthias Andree wrote:
> discontinued more than ten years ago, but in the case of Berkeley DB 2.7.7, superseded as well.
These -- being "too old" (BSD's hack is much older, BTW) or "superseded" --
aren't valid reasons in my opinion. As long as a package keeps building -- and
there were no problems with it, when db2 was removed -- it should not be
deleted. Ever. Even the maintainer (who does "know best", how to maintain it)
can't remove it -- only disown it.
-mi
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