From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 23 17:15:52 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C38CC106566C for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:15:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28BFD8FC18 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:15:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl131-194.kln.forthnet.gr [77.49.250.194]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-6) with ESMTP id n1NHFcXW001484 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:15:44 +0200 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n1NHFcu0028317; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:15:38 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n1NHFZJc028316; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:15:35 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) From: Giorgos Keramidas To: perryh@pluto.rain.com References: <9ef7e7380902220154t74657d52uc9497c77672b79f8@mail.gmail.com> <9a52b1190902220711u65e38320t97ca56547bef246d@mail.gmail.com> <87ljryccm0.fsf@kobe.laptop> <49a20440.oqh9j8d04xp6dYo8%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:15:35 +0200 In-Reply-To: <49a20440.oqh9j8d04xp6dYo8%perryh@pluto.rain.com> (perryh@pluto.rain.com's message of "Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:04:48 -0800") Message-ID: <87mycd847c.fsf@kobe.laptop> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.90 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Hellug-MailScanner-ID: n1NHFcXW001484 X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-3.879, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.52, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hi X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:15:53 -0000 On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:04:48 -0800, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: >Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >> You can always check out ... from a date before its removal from >> the ports/ tree ... If you need help with maintaining a local >> copy of the relevant ports ... let me know and I'll write a short >> mini-guide for checking out the ports before their removal and >> building them as local ports. > > This sounds as if it would make a good Handbook section. Documenting such local 'hacks' in the Handbook is a bit like rubber stamping them with the official 'recommended by FreeBSD' seal of approval. I am not sure I would like that a lot. Serious security problems may exist in stale, unmaintained ports. It would be a bit bad to make it sound like the entire FreeBSD project approves and even recommends this sort of thing.