From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 10 14:20:58 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7B991065670; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:20:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from araujobsdport@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1823C8FC16; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:20:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yhgm50 with SMTP id m50so2827343yhg.13 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:20:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=AmMBY0wpV7S7rnZA1VLsIcd7ODxj8ZAOd49lIFGRxUk=; b=tV0Gy5vYfa0DeW4VEFPQIopjedcXchxeTt7xCU7tMioRao7HGZBZBAnCiBQX+4Qe8P z+TGNzY1i+RHX7IZIHyj1rJJZtHHoXOamybbmEkc1OAyCUWJdfAL/D4YfTj5R88JU+Dp HtcqUodcDPPpkJwTj21Wslv0CA/0aF5kIJCwepByYloDObxasnnVlEXNRgRgydhslIqO Ep/CaRVNt531Xk98EinpJR2WkeQIioHRB2Fgm79wEqKFT4NFz532D1CTz6wEI7Yfcr6N Xbnx+yh6oCOsDi2Fue/fZvuo73yRSqAjhSsrJLdUyrDcHEliqWrgrImovcc0n+O8Dt69 P7Aw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.216.136 with SMTP id oq8mr2541621igc.63.1334067656347; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:20:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.183.203 with HTTP; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:20:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120410124449.GB73185@gahrfit.gahr.ch> References: <201204092351.q39Npi6F025202@repoman.freebsd.org> <20120410091537.GK98668@gahrfit.gahr.ch> <20120410114537.GL17460@culot.org> <20120410115630.GB2456@lonesome.com> <20120410124449.GB73185@gahrfit.gahr.ch> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:20:56 -0300 Message-ID: From: Marcelo Araujo To: gahr@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: bapt@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org, Frederic Culot , cvs-ports@freebsd.org, Mark Linimon Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/games/8kingdoms Makefile ports/misc/airoflash Makefile ports/graphics/autopano-sift Makefile ports/x11/avant-window-navigator-xfce4 Makefile ports/lang/boo Makefile ports/x11/cl-clx-sbcl Makefile ports/palm/coldsync ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: araujo@FreeBSD.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:20:59 -0000 2012/4/10 Pietro Cerutti > > > I might agree on that. But how is a DEPRECATED port better than a BROKEN > one in this regard? > > In my point of view, no make sense have a bunch of ports that actually doesn't works or because there is a fetch problem or even it is set as BROKEN. Who never was upset when need and find a port but it is BROKEN for some reason, In my view, have a port BROKEN or haven't it, is the same. Of course, I mean when a port is BROKEN for all plataforms as well as for all FreeBSD version. I believe set it as DEPRECATED is a good way to make the maintainer take attention to fix it soon as possible, due he has put effort to insert this software on the ports tree in the past. In case that has any issue related with the ports framework that make the ports be broken, he can ping any developer to give him more time to fix or even rollback the DEPRECATED commit with a proper message on the commit's log. It also will let us know, what's happen with that port and maybe someone else could give a hand to help the maintainer to fix it. Best Regards, -- Marcelo Araujo araujo@FreeBSD.org