From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 11 14:46:49 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 61B521065670 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:46:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gw0-f49.google.com (mail-gw0-f49.google.com [74.125.83.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F21C8FC1F for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:46:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwb1 with SMTP id 1so3429309gwb.36 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:46:48 -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:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=JuQnfoK4Oa13arbe8Tq4LhF0t79PKcyiO3FtEKTOe7Y=; b=FFUCoD5pG69ejY20dVGVIzFZhwOHZOn2lLijD0VCu/Kwpm42+Ocrf0QyRkad3i17yo HlLGlomwkKrmyPWNjoDuawLhbJY7NAM8mALfHO4J0cEiBsMmFxz4heqAEDGzwT6840Se psp3lauahtMXGkBlgLfsbrnaP9o3val55ugxE= Received: by 10.43.132.130 with SMTP id hu2mr486850icc.352.1315752408094; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:46:48 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: utisoft@gmail.com Received: by 10.231.61.148 with HTTP; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:46:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4E6B1AF5.7090900@tomse.dk> <4E6B227B.5050708@FreeBSD.org> <4E6B77EE.6030509@gmx.de> <20110910171530.GC23457@guilt.hydra> <20110910190549.GA23971@guilt.hydra> <20110911124910.GK13219@portland.byshenk.net> From: Chris Rees Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:46:18 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 5qcsAN5SPBZUi5vdt09JDoKONV0 Message-ID: To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Greg Byshenk 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: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:46:49 -0000 On 11 September 2011 15:35, Warren Block wrote: > On Sun, 11 Sep 2011, Greg Byshenk wrote: >> >> On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 01:05:49PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: >>> >>> Why? >> >> Because, in the cases here under discussion, there is somethin "wrong" >> (for some value of 'wrong') with the software in question. =A0I can't >> speak for Matthias or Chris, but I think the point here is that (at >> least some) people don't want to make foot-shooting easier. > > Slippery slope: consider PHP, or Apache, or any MTA. =A0Or newfs. No. PHP, Apache and the MTAs are maintained. Newfs is not buggy. Straw men are the tool of someone who has no more valid points to make, remember that. Chris