Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:27:11 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com>, Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GPC 2006 (Pascal) -- deprecated or "expired"?? Message-ID: <4DEAB13F.5060809@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1106041541520.34154@wonkity.com> References: <BANLkTimmQ7UYubpe0R9NYCVDqXhApcSdGA@mail.gmail.com> <20110603001251.GA66356@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <BANLkTi=Qn6j4eVTxTcG0PdN1RjjvdEuQSQ@mail.gmail.com> <20110603065653.GB65291@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <BANLkTik_XeSpOY-RTeng-t%2BJpQA9=-jBQQ@mail.gmail.com> <4DE8D764.20607@gmx.de> <4DEA8A0E.5070108@aldan.algebra.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1106041541520.34154@wonkity.com>
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On 06/04/2011 15:07, Warren Block wrote:
> On install, the ports system could show a warning:
>
> ----
> This port will be removed from the ports tree on ${EXPIRE_DATE}.
> Reasons: ${EXPIRE_REASONS}
That's basically what DEPRECATED + EXPIRATION_DATE does now.
The math on this is simple, there are maintainers willing to do the
work, or not. Rehashing the arguments about how nice it would be to keep
every port in the universe isn't going to get us anywhere.
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