Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 05:28:45 -0800 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> Cc: Cy Schubert <cy@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 80c73f57ca2e - main - sysutils/freebsd-shar: New port in preparation for shar(1) removal Message-ID: <20241219132845.D37BB54D@slippy.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: <Z2Oh5c36EJ4xWkXz@FreeBSD.org> References: <202412190044.4BJ0iXO7048655@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <Z2Oh5c36EJ4xWkXz@FreeBSD.org>
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In message <Z2Oh5c36EJ4xWkXz@FreeBSD.org>, Alexey Dokuchaev writes: > On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 12:44:33AM +0000, Cy Schubert wrote: > > commit 80c73f57ca2e0cb58b40f33518c3d42ab12c77a8 > > > > sysutils/freebsd-shar: New port in preparation for shar(1) removal > > > > shar(1) will be removed from 15-CURRENT. > > But why? Where could we vote against this? Check the -arch ML. There's a phab revision that was accepted too. > > > shar(1) is useful for those who use the tool, for example cut and > > paste into termanal windows for which one has access through a > > third party gateway, where tools like scp and ftp are ineffectual > > due to text terminal access ownly. > > Exactly! Why do we intend to remove a useful, simple tool? People > also use it to submit new ports and it's a lot easier to review the > payload in the browser without having to unpack compressed formats. This is not the correct ML to discuss this. Go to the -arch ML and voice your opinion there. It's actively being discussed there. The phab revision was approved by a cast of a dozen people. I'm only turning it into a port for those, like me, who have specific uses for it. Else we won't even have this. > > ./danfe -- Cheers, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: https://FreeBSD.org NTP: <cy@nwtime.org> Web: https://nwtime.org e^(i*pi)+1=0
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