Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:33:17 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dead projects in ports tree Message-ID: <18857.62445.427549.190772@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <49a9eea5.Ke%2BY8TkWIWKHBRfY%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <7d6fde3d0902281509v6a98521as618421daf52b3abe@mail.gmail.com> <49a9eea5.Ke%2BY8TkWIWKHBRfY%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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perryh@pluto.rain.com writes: > > 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. Are there criteria - or even guidelines - for when a port should be reaped? Robert Huff
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