Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 19:09:11 +0200 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: fredb@getnet.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: x11-wm/olvwm Message-ID: <BANLkTimb_p-PABPOU3BA0yx6aruz6wS1MA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110524075306.gdtp5ddioo0c0wok@mail.getnet.net> References: <20110524075306.gdtp5ddioo0c0wok@mail.getnet.net>
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On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:53 PM, <fredb@getnet.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I have updated ports and when reinstalling I found x11-wm/olvwm which I w= as > using was gone from the ports tree. =A0Why? I noticed that too, and was bit by that change as well. Since I love the olvwm look and feel, I'm sad to see it go from the FreeBSD ports collection. % grep olvwm /usr/ports/MOVED x11-wm/olvwm||2011-05-01|Has expired: Upstream disapear and distfile is no more available I think we could resurrect this port, using the last available distfile, which fortunately is still with us: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/olvwm4.tar.Z There are also two patches there: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/olvwm4.Patch01.Z ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/olvwm4.Patch02.Z Unfortunately, I don't know where the old port files have gone. We *REALLY* should consider moving dead ports to a separate subdirectory hierarchy (such as /usr/ports/.deadports or some such), so people interested in resurrecting old ports could have a look. Just letting then disappear silently is rude und unnecessary, but that's just IMHO. > Best regards, > Fred Regards, -cpghost. --=20 Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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