Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 07:34:06 -0400 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Deprecation campaign Message-ID: <20110501073406.74bdc104@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimPv7_WTT%2B_sqLawJ=waugZOk7Wnw@mail.gmail.com> References: <BANLkTimPv7_WTT%2B_sqLawJ=waugZOk7Wnw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 1 May 2011 09:40:21 +0100 Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> articulated: > On 1 May 2011 08:31, "mato" <gamato@users.sf.net> wrote: > > There are usually many users but only a few are ready to become > maintainers (for whatever reasons). So no one stepping up does not > really mean no one uses a port. But ok, I'll try to see what I can > do for ports I might care about.. > > > > They could always pay someone. You do realize that many here would consider that blasphemy. While it might be advantageous, like so many other capitalistic concepts, it is not likely to get a foothold in this galère. Perhaps asking the community for a list of users wishing to offer free space for hosting orphaned ports/distfiles/etcetera might be an easier crapshoot. -- Jerry ✌ jerry+ports@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ May the bluebird of happiness twiddle your bits.
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