From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Mar 5 8:40:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F385A37B405 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2002 08:40:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g25Ge2o01455; Tue, 5 Mar 2002 08:40:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 08:40:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200203051640.g25Ge2o01455@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Nevermind Subject: Re: ports/35561: suggestion to delete textproc/gdict Reply-To: Nevermind Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR ports/35561; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Nevermind To: Dominik Brettnacher Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/35561: suggestion to delete textproc/gdict Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 18:35:11 +0200 Hello, Dominik Brettnacher! On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 04:23:47PM +0100, you wrote: > >Number: 35561 > >Category: ports > >Synopsis: suggestion to delete textproc/gdict > >Description: > I write this PR in order to suggest the deletion of the > textproc/gdict port that I am currently maintaining. No! Please, don't! It's Good Thing (tm)! > > The reasons are as follows: > > 1. There are alternatives to this port, e.g. textproc/dict. It is command line. > 2. Development of this program seems to have been cancelled. This is a bad thing (tm).... :( > 3. It is no longer available. (ok, this would not be the problem) Mirrors are good thing (tm) :)) -- NEVE-RIPE To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message