Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 12:14:04 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Johan van Selst <johans@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/editors Makefile ports/editors/ged Makefile distinfo pkg-descr Message-ID: <20120104121404.GA14154@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20120104114516.GA82270@mud.stack.nl> References: <201201021214.q02CErbi098315@repoman.freebsd.org> <4F024051.1030907@FreeBSD.org> <20120104092337.GA78009@mud.stack.nl> <20120104111254.GC3811@FreeBSD.org> <20120104114516.GA82270@mud.stack.nl>
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On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 12:45:16PM +0100, Johan van Selst wrote: > Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 10:23:38AM +0100, Johan van Selst wrote: > > > Actually, I don't really see the benefit of this port. But there was > > > a request for it and it seemed like little effort to maintain it ;) > > Per quoted above, it should not be added. Contrary to GNU versions of sed > > and awk, if base ed(1) can be used as drop-in replacement, over-populating > > ports collection just because someone wanted to remain their work in the > > history does not warrant it. I believe the best would be to follow up with > > maintainer and either 1) find out and explain in pkg-descr what this port > > can do that base ed(1) cannot; or 2) cvs rm it. > > It is not a question of a maintainer wanting their name in the tree. > I'm the maintainer of this port now - and my name is in enough locations > as it is. Ah, sorry, I somehow got under impression that someone submitted the shar to you for commit. > I'll try and find out what the added value of this version is, and will > remove it again if there isn't any. Thanks. ./danfe
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