Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 04:12:27 -0400 From: "Jason E. Hale" <jhale@freebsd.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> Cc: Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: f4eb5cbd9c50 - main - x11/wmctrl: upstream no longer exists Message-ID: <CAJE75NEzFoRTGH-aGdk9FM3dh1NoGodMzdzWG380dDGYgm8MJQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ZnJZPKYu-DLeR_iP@FreeBSD.org> References: <202406181936.45IJaxx4061758@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <ZnJZPKYu-DLeR_iP@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 12:06=E2=80=AFAM Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.or= g> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 07:36:59PM +0000, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > > commit f4eb5cbd9c5087eed36da918f15ba04702004352 > > > > x11/wmctrl: upstream no longer exists > > > > - submitter provided fork with updates > > Why rename the port? `-fork' suffix serves no purpose and is just > confusing. Many projects change leadership during their lifetime, > we don't reflect this in the ports' names. Just point MASTER_SITES > or GH_ACCOUNT to a new upstream, that's all. > > ./danfe +1 The port origin probably could have remained the same, but I suppose the change to PORTNAME was based on the uninspired rename from the new upstream that introduced the '-fork' suffix. - Jason
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