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Date:      Sun, 10 Mar 2024 19:47:08 +0100
From:      Thierry Thomas <thierry@freebsd.org>
To:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Proposed ports deprecation and removal policy
Message-ID:  <Ze4ALOil9HV5hbEX@graf.pompo.net>
In-Reply-To: <435edf7c-a956-4317-b327-3372de70dbef@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <435edf7c-a956-4317-b327-3372de70dbef@FreeBSD.org>

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Le mer. 28 f=C3=A9vr. 24 =C3=A0 20:22:34 +0100, Florian Smeets <flo@FreeBSD=
=2Eorg>
 =C3=A9crivait=C2=A0:

> Dear ports community,

Hello,

> as the removal of ports is a recurring source of friction and dispute we
> would like to add a ports removal and deprecation policy to the porters
> handbook.

Thanks for working on this subject!

I=E2=80=99d  like to add a few common-sense rules for deprecators:

1) Firstly, contact the maintainer, even when this is ports@FreeBSD.org.

2) Check for an entry at repology (<https://repology.org/projects/>):
   if it is packaged by several distributions, that means that this port
   is still relevant =3D> Stop!

3) Check for a possible entry in bugzilla and/or phabricator:
   if found, complete it, ans stop for the moment.

3) Make a quick search for a possible relocation of WWW or the distfile:
   if you find one, send a PR (or fix it yourself).

4) Check if the port is used as a dependency: if True, iterate to 1).

Best regards.
--=20
Th. Thomas.

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