Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:09:14 -0400 From: Diane Bruce <db@db.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: saving a few ports from death Message-ID: <20110427150914.GA44985@night.db.net> In-Reply-To: <20110427150234.GA85280@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> References: <20110427091441.GA50124@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <C9DDA757.1EA41%freebsdlists-ports@chillibear.com> <20110427150234.GA85280@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com>
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On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 08:02:34AM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth Eric on Wednesday, 27 April 2011: ... > > >> My search for "popularity" metrics is intended to point me, as a > > >> maintainer, to ports I might want to adopt now, rather than wait for > > >> someone to complain about them. Everything *I* use is already > > >> maintained, so I've moved on to looking for things other people might > > >> need. But I don't want to waste my time on something that nobody uses. > > >> :) I have suggested in the past that part of the ports infrastructure could toggle a count somewhere each time a port is made. This should be opt in of course. It would make it very easy to see which port might need a maintainer. - Diane -- - db@FreeBSD.org db@db.net http://www.db.net/~db Why leave money to our children if we don't leave them the Earth?
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