Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:53:51 +0200 From: Stefan Walter <sw@gegenunendlich.de> To: Radim Kolar <hsn@netmag.cz>, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Drop of portindex Message-ID: <20040914165351.GA3080@kyuzo.dunkelkammer.void> In-Reply-To: <20040914125620.GG43354@sanatana.dharma> References: <BD6B5CF7.961B%tomonage2@gmx.de> <20040913225637.GA12665@werd> <20040914125620.GG43354@sanatana.dharma>
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--qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Radim Kolar in gmane.os.freebsd.devel.ports: >> Are there any problems with portindex? > No, there were some minor problems with annoying portindex's users, but t= here > have been fully fixed today by killing portindex. Well, it would have been sufficient to just drop maintainership of the tool and its port to get rid of *that* problem. >> Radim, can you please clarify under what licence you've released the pre= vious >> versions of portindex? > There was no licence actually, i have forgot it. Thanks God for it! This = my > mistake makes killing portindex very easy. Copyright laws disables use and > distribuition unless you have permission from by author, which you don't = have. >> as portindex is a great program and many people (myself included) starte= d to >> like it (and use it). > Yes. This is the main reason why project was dropped. I dislike when some= of MY > material activity becomes too successful. It will screw up my spiritual l= ife > because I am not very strong in that area. Spiritual life is so sweet, th= at > after you have tasted it, you will throw out anything just for keeping it. What exactly was the reason for you writing this tool *and* submitting it to be included in the ports tree, then? > Anything includes even topmost material pleasures like money, sex, fame, > alcohol, meat, family, friends, own life. >> But I could take maintainership for the port, if that would help! > This will not solve the main problem. > > Folks, portindex is now history. I am now playing with writeable ufs2 > snapshots. Whatever that would be good for - let's hope its success won't kill you. Stefan --=20 No reading beyond this point --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iQGVAwUBQUciH1aRERsSueCzAQJb2Qv/QC4LTTke/wzdlkAMc1SYccT6+wpJ0VO9 iQYIvhAPAFHJsgx+7wsmeYnRx1QUjrmas5tAtahkB5ndgIFLA+DFd4OUDB0iZ2tS 0GTz0ZpYhZHXwKhOqIGHLZyQFKyNwb2s0KZB4CMtaHcdB82U2NfNPnC/SJMVLikq 9Scc103rfRGdkNW16Od9dckgiBgSoL2OwcNim6CviZgCyLgSvtce7k6w1hCAZkqm UBmgtEN1mlVdtdgURm1ENpj5v8PoLx56P76uRjTJE1Xf1WvKKjJ0I6g8398UvIvM XQRbr3ABirFNrGKJYDMfGvrIAKAoO1pHlNq9CpqPaWejqRGewPWgHB2Dp9WlDabN WMfFuI7Zjfz8vh95pomz4+lR8EzFxVkW/vz3U3JgrtHX5fMvOLIzrtDru6QVTAAz 6eOPYQBjVPhccTfNGdnuSCdS/IYZLZi2hB/87uKnfD7SNb5gM76LYf5/magICoX+ izMC+Mlep6jpNA+KJ1q9oAIJpY9sSoS7 =rklT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS--
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