Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 11:32:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Old Ports Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980504113109.366G-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199805041418.HAA04186@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca>
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On Mon, 4 May 1998, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote: > I've noticed a couple of older ports missing from the ports collection of > the 2.2.6 CDROM, namely xgopher (been gone for a while now) and buffer. > I can see why xgopher was deleted but I don't understand why the buffer > port was deleted -- I personally find it a useful application and have been > using it on FreeBSD and non-FreeBSD systems for 2-3 years. > > What is the criteria for a port to be removed from the collection? (If > the answer is that the original buffer port maintainer doesn't want to > do it, I'd be willing to recreate the buffer port and maintain it). copying from the cvs log, Remove buffer. This port no longer fetches, and team is better. Does buffer do something that team doesn't, and do you have a distribution site for it? I could resurrect the old port, but these sound like pretty fair arguments. Make a case. > > > Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 > Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 > Open Systems Group Internet: cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca > ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca > Government of BC > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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