Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:31:20 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/sysutils/screenie Makefile pkg-descr Message-ID: <4CA16188.20306@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20100928024255.GA61304@FreeBSD.org> References: <201009272151.o8RLpA8I002279@repoman.freebsd.org> <20100928024255.GA61304@FreeBSD.org>
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On 9/27/2010 7:42 PM, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 09:51:10PM +0000, Emanuel Haupt wrote: >> ehaupt 2010-09-27 21:51:10 UTC >> >> FreeBSD ports repository >> >> Modified files: >> sysutils/screenie Makefile pkg-descr >> Log: >> - Drop maintainership >> - Mark DEPRECATED, development has been ceased and is no longer maintained >> - Set EXPIRATION_DATE to one month from now > > But the port does not look BROKEN, why deprecating it? I mean, it > can still be useful for some people despite that development ceased. If that's the case someone will notice that it's deprecated, and step forward to maintain it. In an situation like this I might give it more than one month, since not everyone uses tools like portmaster that tell you when something is DEPRECATED, but generally the maintainer is in a pretty good position to know when one of their ports has passed the point of its useful life ... Doug -- ... and that's just a little bit of history repeating. -- Propellerheads Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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