Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 12:45:24 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Deprecation campaign Message-ID: <BANLkTikG5SCDa5GZfo=QzGvB0spLBZenQQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110501073406.74bdc104@seibercom.net> References: <BANLkTimPv7_WTT%2B_sqLawJ=waugZOk7Wnw@mail.gmail.com> <20110501073406.74bdc104@seibercom.net>
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On 1 May 2011 12:34, "Jerry" <jerry@seibercom.net> wrote: > > On Sun, 1 May 2011 09:40:21 +0100 > Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> articulated: > > > On 1 May 2011 08:31, "mato" <gamato@users.sf.net> wrote: > > > There are usually many users but only a few are ready to become > > maintainers (for whatever reasons). So no one stepping up does not > > really mean no one uses a port. But ok, I'll try to see what I can > > do for ports I might care about.. > > > > > > > They could always pay someone. > > You do realize that many here would consider that blasphemy. While it > might be advantageous, like so many other capitalistic concepts, it > is not likely to get a foothold in this gal=E8re. No, it's not at all, but how is complaining about the state while consciously failing to do anything oneself OK? > > Perhaps asking the community for a list of users wishing to offer free > space for hosting orphaned ports/distfiles/etcetera might be an easier > crapshoot. I'll do it. Give me a list and fix the Makefiles, and I'll co-host. Chris
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