Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:24:08 -0600 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@missouri.edu> To: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, portscout@portscout.zi0r.com, Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com>, Radim Kolar <hsn@filez.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports you maintain which are out of date Message-ID: <50B567B8.7040104@missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <50B56392.9060506@ShaneWare.Biz> References: <201211271554.qARFs9un067018@null.zi0r.com> <50B4E664.6030606@filez.com> <CAN6yY1sfeVSU=CAm9XoxHJ01PagW3u4xJ0kUe2Uugh5K6mkHig@mail.gmail.com> <50B56392.9060506@ShaneWare.Biz>
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On 11/27/2012 07:06 PM, Shane Ambler wrote: > On 28/11/2012 09:45, Kevin Oberman wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Radim Kolar <hsn@filez.com> wrote: >>> can be this daily spam turned off? i emailed there >>> >>> portscout@portscout.freebsd.org >>> >>> but message was not delivered >> >> It's not spam, but a very useful service. I you don't work on any >> ports, you should be able to filter it very easily with procmail or >> your mail reader. >> > > Probably more to the point is that it shouldn't get sent to the ports > mailing list - just to port maintainers. > > Maybe once a month a list can be sent to the mailing list that would be > unmaintained ports that need updating? To put in my 2 cents, I think it is a great service. I don't have a problem with info about unmaintained ports being sent to the ports mailing list quite often. There are already many emails on the ports mailing list that don't interest me. So a few more is not going to be a problem. And if it causes people to update a few of the unmaintained ports, it is doing a great job. On the other hand, poutscout also seems to keep a web page, so maybe a once a month email, with a reminder about the web page, would also be helpful. Let me add that it has definitely helped me keep up to date with the ports I maintain. Whatever else it is, spam it is not. Stephen
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