From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 11 13:10:17 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCFBC10656B3 for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:10:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EB608FC1A for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:10:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gyd5 with SMTP id 5so4055590gyd.13 for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:10:17 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.147.152.17 with SMTP id e17mr395692yao.22.1321016995115; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:09:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-076-182-104-150.nc.res.rr.com. [76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c44sm16971889yhm.5.2011.11.11.05.09.53 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:09:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3Sg1mw0l7sz2CG4m for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:09:52 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.3 at scorpio.seibercom.net Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:09:51 -0500 From: Jerry To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20111111080951.5a391e3a@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20111111100708.GA24126@hades.panopticon> References: <20111109124325.17efc0d1.stas@deglitch.com> <20111109222435.GD92221@azathoth.lan> <20111110110637.GA3514@hades.panopticon> <4EBCC587.10701@FreeBSD.org> <20111111100708.GA24126@hades.panopticon> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Recent ports removal X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:10:17 -0000 On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:07:08 +0400 Dmitry Marakasov articulated: > * Martin Wilke (miwi@FreeBSD.org) wrote: > > > >> They have been deprecated for a while and noone said anything > > >> about those, that is the purpose of the DEPRECATED status. The > > >> "not used anymore" mean not used in > > > Why should we go through it again and again? If it's not broken, > > > it's useable, you may not remove it, period. > > > > > >> the portstree (ie no more depended on). > > > Most of the portstree is leaf ports, now what? > > > > > >> If someone really needs it, he can: > > > What we need is to not have to do extra work and to not have > > > extra noise on the maillist because someone does unneeded things. > > > I really don't want to call that vandalism. > > > > > You can't only put in u have also to put out. > > Why don't we take out Gnome and KDE then? I don't use it. That reality might come sooner than you think but for an entirely different reason. http://www.technograte.com/2011/05/18/gnome-to-drop-support-for-bsd-solaris-unix/ http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/05/gnome-to-drop-support-for-bsd-solaris-unix/ -- Jerry ♔