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Date:      Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:31:41 +0000
From:      Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com>, Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@amdmi3.ru>, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Recent ports removal
Message-ID:  <CADLo83_EO6YCYdRoK66iGz8Wo7ZA1iWvHVjN4JJDY=igeG4pew@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4EC0349D.9070307@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20111109124325.17efc0d1.stas@deglitch.com> <20111109222435.GD92221@azathoth.lan> <20111110110637.GA3514@hades.panopticon> <4EBD9D25.7020406@FreeBSD.org> <4EC027D4.60808@aldan.algebra.com> <4EC0349D.9070307@FreeBSD.org>

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On 13 Nov 2011 21:20, "Doug Barton" <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> On 11/13/2011 12:25, Mikhail T. wrote:
> > You've gone from "small minority of other interested parties" to "no one
> > has made a peep" in a single e-mail! If this is the quality of the rest
> > of your reasoning, than you should not be surprised, that it has not
> > really resonated despite the "endless repetition"...
>
> You turned a comparison of the discussion of the concept of ports
> removal generally to the removal of individual ports and turned it into
> an ad hominem attack on the quality of *my* reasoning. This is an
> excellent example of why I, for one, don't bother replying substantively
> to your messages anymore.
>
>
> Doug

Oh my.... it's two months ago.

Is it?

Can we move on? Ports are deprecated and removed. Insecure/unmaintained
ports are harmful.

If you care, step up to maintain them. Seriously. Or stop complaining.

Chris

PS only replying to Doug because it's the latest email, not because I think
he disagrees with me.



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