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Date:      Thu, 18 Nov 2021 15:43:52 +0700
From:      Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>
To:        Rene Ladan <rene@freebsd.org>, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@freebsd.org>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, portmgr@freebsd.org, python@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Bringing back lang/python27 with few modules?
Message-ID:  <eb522655-e199-62f2-1a02-b0ae16143421@grosbein.net>
In-Reply-To: <YZTWdBIF7MhjLqqC@freefall.freebsd.org>
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17.11.2021 17:16, Rene Ladan wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 12:37:07AM -0800, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
>> P.S. AFAIK our documented criteria for removing a port is when one of the
>> following is true:
>>  o Port lacks maintaintership;
>>  o Port has issues building on supported releases;
>>  o Port clearly has no users/use;
>>  o Port has some serious security issues.
>>
>> The lang/python27 did not belong to either of those bins, IMHO.
> 
> "Unmaintained upstream" is also a criterion, and Python 2.7 fits there.

This is bad criterion for open source software and should not be considered without other reasons
like "unfetchable" or "has known critical vulnerabilities".





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