From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 1 16:31:43 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 1D6771065676; Sun, 1 May 2011 16:31:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 711B78FC1C; Sun, 1 May 2011 16:31:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so5919476bwz.13 for ; Sun, 01 May 2011 09:31:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=R4BdYNkAYpUwhvimhydsR6vXM6ZhAfjMWJ0WpMnCmmE=; b=EoGlfoum7PyU66LvG7jM6qf4lLpCSo+gmA1woWuRps/3zrH2YwmDAgTernEQjrLb1R VPx891Q8oELwrreyfpyvot/R/Ys1XlBlhB1P8u7w8gs6vMdKSzzwfWGh+IVRXFymCD+M ryhuiksBxg2L3frWIU7HyCwHLaLnNXq41gVyE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=HMr6dkteM+EUTqeWYVRqK7LaKMSLGZIwZvFsJ2KURvhen/j7EpNWAS6HiwY0dZFOk7 +2Ba+Ppbn7v/4ArSImI5+5h/kiAqE6GsoddGuVd9BtoAX/Nnc6wItkwUSPKy61KlDSRH GQZc4sPX28huR64wxnD4S/oOy+FfDgeetgr1A= Received: by 10.204.41.16 with SMTP id m16mr2612812bke.151.1304267501086; Sun, 01 May 2011 09:31:41 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.42.21 with HTTP; Sun, 1 May 2011 09:31:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4DBD0B40.8010101@users.sf.net> References: <4DBD0B40.8010101@users.sf.net> From: Chris Rees Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 17:31:11 +0100 Message-ID: To: mato Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, Peter Jeremy , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: expiration of net/skype ?! X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 May 2011 16:31:43 -0000 On 1 May 2011 08:26, mato wrote: > Chris Rees wrote: >> Mato wrote: >> > Ok, from my understanding it wouldn't be the first time a port distfil= e >> > is not (easily) available yet the port itself works if one can get the >> > distfile. =A0And it's very easy to search successfully the interwebs f= or this >> > particular distfile. =A0In such a case I see no reason to remove the p= ort if >> > it works (under condition one gets the distfile). =A0I myself have it = (and I >> > even host it privately). =A0And reading mailing lists reveals there ar= e many >> > people using the port. >> > >> >> If one is capable of finding a distfile it's a trivial addition to find >> the port. >> >> Rather than having defective ports in the tree, perhaps you could host t= he >> Skype shar? With a decent title it'll probably show up early enough on a >> Google search. >> >> Chris >> > > That is one of possibilities. =A0The question is whether we want to lower > barriers for new / common users or not. =A0Experience suggests that peopl= e > will choose a different solution if it makes their life easier. =A0See my > other recent post please. > Unfortunately, until the port is updated this will not be 'undeprecated'. It is not general policy to allow manual fetches unless a seriously major (ie Java) component requires it. Skype does not fit that mould; there are plenty of viable alternatives. I'm not trying to brush you off; I'm just pointing out that the Project will not deliberately breach licensing conditions to make things easier for new users, neither is there a 'probably broken' part of the Ports tree -- the closest thing to a different repo is a separate tree, for example [1]. Chris [1] http://code.google.com/p/freebsd-texlive/