Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 21:55:59 -0400 From: Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: port unmaintained since 2005? drop it? misc/gpt* Message-ID: <CA%2BQLa9D6YSZ2qdCUS8t_HQfxWRm8doNcbGqDAfi1hrxRzdfw2Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4fd5acfa.idvDPcWpdoIIkuEZ%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4FD4FF32.1060402@FreeBSD.org> <4fd5acfa.idvDPcWpdoIIkuEZ%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 4:31 AM, <perryh@pluto.rain.com> wrote: > Michael Scheidell <scheidell@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> Two unmaintained ports, nothing depends on them, and upstream has >> not updated source since 2004, ftp server unresponsive. >> >> <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/misc/gpt31/Makefile>; >> (gpt32: misc/gpt also unmaintained since 2005. >> >> <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/misc/gpt/Makefile>; >> ftp server mentioned doesn't respond (ftp.freebsd.org has distfile), >> upstream unmaintained since 2004, and upstream points to a different >> distfile (with different checksum and same version number), mentions >> an alpha version 4.0. > > These are originally from NCSA, but the website mentioned in > the pkg-descr (http://www.gridpackagingtools.org/) now seems to > be promoting some kind of diet/nutritional approach. =A0The only > connection to "middleware" that immediately comes to mind is that > such sites tend to be frequented by those concerned about excessive > weight around their middle :) > > Dunno what (if anything) they are currently good for, but it seems > that, at a minimum, the PORTVERSION and/or MASTER_SITES -- and the > pkg-descr -- need to be updated. I would have to think that that is a remnant of a project that is no longer running. The current owners of that domain are squatters: Registrant ID:DOT-SY49XY2F9J0P Registrant Name:Domain Admin Registrant Organization:Maripon Management, Inc. Registrant Street1:Office 2, 456-458 Strand Registrant Street2:WC2R 0DZ Registrant Street3: Registrant City:London Registrant State/Province:uk Registrant Postal Code:n/a Registrant Country:GB Registrant Phone:+44.12053169373 Registrant Phone Ext.: Registrant FAX: Registrant FAX Ext.: Registrant Email:support@internet-guide.biz
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