From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 24 20:01:09 2011 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 C4A2A106564A; Tue, 24 May 2011 20:01:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1758A8FC13; Tue, 24 May 2011 20:01:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so8393990bwz.13 for ; Tue, 24 May 2011 13:01:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=jqKwVTYcaawnLxINL84Oqx3LNTfITS7iQ0v9OzLqte8=; b=WagRQEcpyWXsBgbOB9ikD6lFucH/Umx+Uga1EFbMP4z0RCiTQNRJJZCxxDVJ+oucOB qCsIgonDbKw2UFysVRr6M2JMEHSJiGvg59f2vqaqsq2VAzZL0xttz/lyaNu9G34wx1hl HCYj/eQd+HuevY3jUmtI2LCdcEYHah+BS4aiE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=pBtAfvBp0hUVcaEevhkeahAhOOBKdlPH5vHwJpTkHnEMtx737b+1duumcHJxyly1zV 2oJWRZl0BCWQ5Ljl+BWmBXrlyCSySJgMLmeDbF8OszyTAd/gGfJETk5JtsovwxaOPBqt g+WDCUIST8UuapKSae8RM4Qs0ChXiYehJWPGo= Received: by 10.204.46.161 with SMTP id j33mr3396980bkf.212.1306267267408; Tue, 24 May 2011 13:01:07 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.205.65.198 with HTTP; Tue, 24 May 2011 13:00:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20110524075306.gdtp5ddioo0c0wok@mail.getnet.net> From: Chris Rees Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 21:00:37 +0100 Message-ID: To: "C. P. Ghost" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: fredb@getnet.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: x11-wm/olvwm X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 20:01:09 -0000 On 24 May 2011 18:09, C. P. Ghost wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:53 PM, =A0 wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have updated ports and when reinstalling I found x11-wm/olvwm which I = was >> using was gone from the ports tree. =A0Why? > > I noticed that too, and was bit by that change as well. > Since I love the olvwm look and feel, I'm sad to see > it go from the FreeBSD ports collection. > > % grep olvwm /usr/ports/MOVED > x11-wm/olvwm||2011-05-01|Has expired: Upstream disapear and distfile > is no more available > > I think we could resurrect this port, using the last available > distfile, which fortunately is still with us: > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/olvwm4.tar.Z > > There are also two patches there: > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/olvwm4.Patch01.Z > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/olvwm4.Patch02.Z > > Unfortunately, I don't know where the old port files have > gone. We *REALLY* should consider moving dead ports to > a separate subdirectory hierarchy (such as /usr/ports/.deadports > or some such), so people interested in resurrecting old ports > could have a look. Just letting then disappear silently is rude > und unnecessary, but that's just IMHO. I don't understand your comment on silence -- they've been deprecated for a while now. I'll take a look at resurrecting and hosting it tomorrow, if people are interested. Chris