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Date:      Tue, 9 Feb 2016 18:24:42 +0100
From:      =?UTF-8?Q?Torsten_Z=c3=bchlsdorff?= <mailinglists@toco-domains.de>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>, ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Removing documentation
Message-ID:  <56BA20DA.4080403@toco-domains.de>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1602071700150.74300@wonkity.com>
References:  <20160207000304.GA71035@eureka.lemis.com> <56B72E20.80909@toco-domains.de> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1602071700150.74300@wonkity.com>

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On 08.02.2016 01:02, Warren Block wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Feb 2016, Torsten Zühlsdorff wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>>> You have a tool presented as "official" that hasn't had it's
>>>> original maintainer in 4 years and was only kept on life support up
>>>> until 9 months ago.
>>>
>>> Agreed, the "official" (the term used is "recommended") status is
>>> gone.  But that's a reason to fix the documentation, not remove it.
>>> As I see it, we have three choices, in increasing order of
>>> desirability:
>>>
>>> 1.  Remove all mention of portmaster.  That's what this PR recommends.
>>> 2.  Do nothing.
>>> 3.  Update the documentation to indicate the current status,
>>>      recommending alternatives if possible.
>>
>> Number 4 is missing: find a maintainer for it.
>>
>> I would volunteer for this. But before a real commitment i need a
>> closer look at it, which i will do next week. So please standby.
>
> Thank you.

I did take a look. I could do both: maintaining the port and maintaining 
the software. What do you need? ;)

Greetings,
Torsten



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