Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:55:36 -0400 From: "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com> To: Wesley Shields <wxs@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: saving a few ports from death Message-ID: <4DB882C8.8090604@aldan.algebra.com> In-Reply-To: <20110427204723.GA74591@atarininja.org> References: <4DB6165F.1010806@FreeBSD.org> <20110426024122.GA38579@comcast.net> <A9C17565-97D8-43F1-9CF7-8CFC79EFEA7B@FreeBSD.org> <20110426163424.GB38579@comcast.net> <20110426141209.0d07bccf@seibercom.net> <20110426184315.GA2320@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <19895.13977.553973.609431@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <4DB83D6E.9000800@aldan.algebra.com> <BANLkTik_65bxMgiQMyy1aojDuDjb6BX%2BgQ@mail.gmail.com> <4DB876AE.9050906@aldan.algebra.com> <20110427204723.GA74591@atarininja.org>
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On 27.04.2011 16:47, Wesley Shields wrote:
> apache13 is EOL upstream. We should not have ports for EOL software.
Why not, exactly?..
> If upstream says it's dead, who are we to keep it alive?
We are a major Operating System project, which maintains ports of third-party
applications for the convenience of our users. An EOL-declaration by the authors
does not mean, the users must stop using it immediately -- it simply says, the
authors will not be releasing updates/bug-fixes.
-mi
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