Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:43:38 -0800 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> To: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Florian Smeets <flo@FreeBSD.org>, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proposed ports deprecation and removal policy Message-ID: <20240229174339.045063A4@slippy.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: <864jdrzcov.fsf@ltc.des.dev> References: <435edf7c-a956-4317-b327-3372de70dbef@FreeBSD.org> <864jdrzcov.fsf@ltc.des.dev>
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In message <864jdrzcov.fsf@ltc.des.dev>, =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav? = w rites: > Florian Smeets <flo@FreeBSD.org> writes: > > Ports can be removed immediately if one of the following conditions is me= > t: > > > > - Upstream distfile is no longer available from the original > > source/mirror (Our and other distcaches e.g. Debian, Gentoo, etc do > > not count as "available") > > Strong disagree, give the maintainer a chance to find an alternate > mirror or self-host. +1 > > > - Upstream WWW is unavailable: deprecate, remove after 3 months > > That's the opposite of immediate removal > > > - BROKEN for more than 6 months > > Agree but that's hardly immediate > > > - has known vulnerabilities that weren=E2=80=99t addressed in the ports t= > ree > > for more than 3 months > > Agree but that's hardly immediate > > DES > --=20 > Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@FreeBSD.org > -- Cheers, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: https://FreeBSD.org NTP: <cy@nwtime.org> Web: https://nwtime.org e^(i*pi)+1=0
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