Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:10:45 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: yanefbsd@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dead projects in ports tree Message-ID: <49a9eea5.Ke%2BY8TkWIWKHBRfY%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <7d6fde3d0902281509v6a98521as618421daf52b3abe@mail.gmail.com> References: <7d6fde3d0902281509v6a98521as618421daf52b3abe@mail.gmail.com>
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Garrett Cooper <gmail.com!yanefbsd@agora.rdrop.com> wrote: > Just trying to amass cruft in the ports tree that could be > marked deprecated and removed ... > > multimedia/openquicktime - no movement in CVS / SVN for 1+ years; > no releases in the past 3 years This strikes me as slim evidence on which to seek a death sentence :) While I can't testify to the usefulness of this particular port, the fact that something has not changed in a long time could just as well mean that it does its job well -- and thus does not need to be updated -- as that it is no longer useful.
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