From owner-svn-ports-head@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 27 12:46:54 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A2C285F7; Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:46:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yh0-x22c.google.com (mail-yh0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c01::22c]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 350BAC1E; Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:46:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yh0-f44.google.com with SMTP id f10so3464714yha.3 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2014 05:46:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=esIN2S9FtqGVLTY18IghaxJ1WEBBy9eTtBHSH/JyYfs=; b=clQfxDQkl7ybMB8ctM3/Ls1arC1AAUsmgQwqd6Ml7WGS8sDe/FYpNt8HIyTATJx99+ fRI55EendbQdXNaaSZjI2+0WebcU7FM9nkPFCfoRfJ2ynN58w68za7L6oYUGk8kG399T YfepgoVdCVX1GIvrCyYLdwa4wj53n/sd5IIkyJ65hBtI7cQBbY+zJAMahmPWCmI3/3wv ENIfEkSGRn3sH9dqriL0BAuNuXOnQ38Qei92OzSIf5sVQK9XotXIrqLdSHr35R0qyls9 aSJu7+h8Nm/75iYYVHOrrk5jXiOg5XqWQlQIuh9lszNN92fcJEnMgKXzgU8ExWhaBkQX AYsQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.236.26.72 with SMTP id b48mr2010111yha.59.1395924413408; Thu, 27 Mar 2014 05:46:53 -0700 (PDT) Sender: antoine.brodin.freebsd@gmail.com Received: by 10.170.80.11 with HTTP; Thu, 27 Mar 2014 05:46:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140327111602.GA57802@FreeBSD.org> References: <201403082226.s28MQMtI079354@svn.freebsd.org> <20140327111602.GA57802@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:46:53 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Z673udJN2KtobJELfuySKIQCnSY Message-ID: Subject: Re: svn commit: r347539 - in head: biology/genpak biology/rasmol cad/chipmunk databases/typhoon databases/xmbase-grok devel/asl devel/flick devel/happydoc devel/ixlib devel/p5-Penguin-Easy editors/axe ... From: Antoine Brodin To: Alexey Dokuchaev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: "svn-ports-head@freebsd.org" , "svn-ports-all@freebsd.org" , "ports-committers@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the ports tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:46:54 -0000 On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Sat, Mar 08, 2014 at 10:26:22PM +0000, Antoine Brodin wrote: >> New Revision: 347539 >> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/347539 >> QAT: https://qat.redports.org/buildarchive/r347539/ >> >> Log: >> Deprecate a few unmaintained ports (leaf ports, non staged and >> unmaintained since more than 12 years) > > Antoine, > > Can you clarify a bit on what does "unmaintained" mean in this context? > Does it mean dead upstream, or MAINTAINER=ports@? Hi, >From the porters handbook: "Unmaintained ports are listed with a maintainer of ports@FreeBSD.org". > If it's the former, I'm fine with it, but deprecating unbroken, possibly > alive ports merely based on MAINTAINER lines does not seem right to me. > > E.g. I've set a few of my ports free (that is, relinquished control over to > ports@) to let others do occasional updates or minor tweaks without having > to wait for me to approve their changes. It works well enough for simple > ports that are hard to damage by careless committing which had sadly become > quite popular recently. This was a mistake on your side, if you care enough about a port but don't want to update it (strange idea if the port is in a good shape), you should keep yourself as a maintainer and add a comment like "Feel free to update this port without prior approval", or give maintainership to an active team that really cares about this port. The ports tree is not the Museum of Antiquities. Cheers, Antoine