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> References: <CAH7qZfvBQ0gKEdOn7nTuzAbMOG9LM2DVGyUs9b9PGwNgJTDCAw@mail.gmail.com> <CAH7qZfu32O8G2bDboOu4oXJTnofu_73OkU5aNodB7k%2B7xh%2B3UA@mail.gmail.com> <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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