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Subject: Re: The future of portmaster [and of ports-mgmt/synth]
To: Jim Ohlstein <jim@mailman-hosting.com>, Stari Karp
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From: Torsten Zuehlsdorff <tz@FreeBSD.org>
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On 02.06.2017 12:24, Jim Ohlstein wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-06-02 at 06:10 -0400, Stari Karp wrote:
>> Looks like the new portmaster is coming but what is about Synth? I am
>> the user of Synth and I like to know what the FreeBSD leaders
>> decided,
>> please.
>>
> 
> The "FreeBSD leaders," in their infinite wisdom, decided to can John
> Marino. Synth development will likely go on, geared towards Dragonfly.
> Whether it will support future FreeBSD ports enhancements is anyone's
> guess. 

While i can follow the critique i want to say: out of experience in 
various communities - online and offline: if one project is centered 
around one single person it will fail. Its just a matter of time and 
exceptions are rarely.

If someone likes synth please support it. Programming is just one single 
part needed to keep a project alive, even a programming-project. If you 
feel you are not a programmer, but for example a manager, manage to ask 
people for support, for feedback, for programming, etc.

Greetings,
Torsten