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Date:      Thu, 19 Dec 2024 04:32:37 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>
To:        Cy Schubert <cy@freebsd.org>
Cc:        ports-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: 80c73f57ca2e - main - sysutils/freebsd-shar: New port in preparation for shar(1) removal
Message-ID:  <Z2Oh5c36EJ4xWkXz@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <202412190044.4BJ0iXO7048655@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
References:  <202412190044.4BJ0iXO7048655@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 12:44:33AM +0000, Cy Schubert wrote:
> commit 80c73f57ca2e0cb58b40f33518c3d42ab12c77a8
> 
>   sysutils/freebsd-shar: New port in preparation for shar(1) removal
> 
>   shar(1) will be removed from 15-CURRENT.

But why?  Where could we vote against this?

>   shar(1) is useful for those who use the tool, for example cut and
>   paste into termanal windows for which one has access through a
>   third party gateway, where tools like scp and ftp are ineffectual
>   due to text terminal access ownly.

Exactly!  Why do we intend to remove a useful, simple tool?  People
also use it to submit new ports and it's a lot easier to review the
payload in the browser without having to unpack compressed formats.

./danfe



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