Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:31:22 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Chin-San Huang <chinsan@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/www/xpi-adblock Makefile ports/www/xpi-autobrowse Makefile ports/www/xpi-clearfields Makefile ports/www/xpi-colorfultabs Makefile ports/www/xpi-cssviewer Makefile ports/www/xpi-customizegoogle Makefile ... Message-ID: <496065CA.9070801@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20090103133436.GA33217@graf.pompo.net> References: <200901030713.n037DlVN004766@repoman.freebsd.org> <495F47C0.6030505@FreeBSD.org> <20090103133436.GA33217@graf.pompo.net>
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Thierry Thomas wrote:
> Le Sam 3 jan 09 à 12:10:56 +0100, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
> écrivait :
>> Chin-San Huang wrote:
>>> Log:
>>> - Set DEPRECATED with my xpi-* ports at first.
>>> They could installed and updated more easily by user's browser(firefox).
>>>
>>> - EXPIRATION_DATE on 2009-01-31
>> Out of curiosity, what benefit does deprecation provide in contrast
>> with simply removing them?
>
> Hopefully someone (TM) will adopt them.
This is not intended as a criticism, but why? Hasn't it been discussed
(as you pointed out in your commit message above) that there is no
reason for these ports to exist in our tree?
Doug
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