From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 15 22:19:50 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42FCC106564A for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:19:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from baptiste.daroussin@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 071178FC0C for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:19:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iyj12 with SMTP id 12so1237595iyj.13 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:19:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=jaMVD/JIm/TD6iMFOzuabinWyfEe60VClvtS8sG/hUA=; b=CfwybeKBajZCwatXCyHkkkjdYyMAhULGD/n7jjGzSJzwVEAERSxIebm9Aowk27Yr+r /MUiKiEpbgCYJFEzKe8wtXSz/V4TfwkscFYoHoAvEeGWsJKMVpV7MviiCfsx9z51m+fH 8yYLrT9dQQz+J58gUNgXnhLjOEbunl2T7NY1A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=GpVv8/Uy98ALXu0/wBJVZE+ha+3Pm+ZHyp6D/5glBBzbWkE1z4xR/5DvOgzddCIGT5 hmbCCfQZc20H8wOW+Xqu2w5Tu1xBvNVpZliNLSqERYzMJLr0N9p4SJjsUk27VBsOzXzM F3+MCr8BQqpyKgrGpQh/yYJpjuTW9wus6ZluA= Received: by 10.231.115.209 with SMTP id j17mr26037ibq.19.1300227589081; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:19:49 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.188.221 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:19:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110315215801.GD5349@comcast.net> References: <20110315215801.GD5349@comcast.net> From: Baptiste Daroussin Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:19:29 +0000 Message-ID: To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Charlie Kester Subject: Re: deprecated ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:19:50 -0000 2011/3/15 Charlie Kester > I see there's been another few batch commits deprecating some > unmaintained ports where "upstream is gone and/or distfile is no longer > available." > > Maintainers and prospective maintainers should be sure to look at the > ports listed in these commits. I don't think much effort was made to > check the availability of the distfiles. Instead, it seems that all > that was done was to try the MASTER_SITES, etc. from the port Makefiles, > and if the fetch failed, onto the list they went. > > NOTE: I'm NOT saying the committers' procedure was too lazy or anything > like that. There are a lot of these broken ports in the tree, and > deprecation seems like a reasonable step to take -- especially if the > result is to trigger some action from people who want to see these ports > retained. > > I just rescued one of these, sysutils/lookat, that was deprecated a few > days ago. I followed the WWW link in the pkg-descr, found that the > author's website was still up and that the distfile could still be > downloaded -- but the download url had changed. So all the port needed > was a tweak to the MASTER_SITES. > Today I see that the fairly popular graphics/gimpshop has also been > deprecated. Here the WWW link from pkg-descr also fails, but a quick > websearch found the new (?) official website for this app: > http://www.gimpshop.com, where the distfile is available for download. > So here's another one that can be easily rescued. > > And I'll bet there are more. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I am responsible for the deprecation and I have done more than just look if the distfiles fetch (I fixed lot of them) I may have missed some for sure, when when I deprecate sysutils/lookat I wasn't able to join the main website nor to fetch a distfile. About gimpshop it may be wrong, but one there website I only found windows and mac binaries, nothing. I am human and I can make mistakes. thanks pointing the mistakes. I really will be happy to remove the deprecation and expiration if people wanted to maintain or point me to the right WWW and MASTER_SITES for the given ports. regards, Bapt