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Hi!

> I'm discouraged to not hear back from any of the ports 'committee'.

I'm not from the committee 8-), but I think you raise relevant points.
It is not easy to cover them.

All of the pkg-developers have their tables full of work, so ...

Crafting a well-reflected answer takes time.

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