From nobody Fri Oct 13 11:41:48 2023 X-Original-To: dev-commits-ports-all@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4S6Pjn6Xssz4wtdB; Fri, 13 Oct 2023 11:41:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bapt@freebsd.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [96.47.72.83]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4S6Pjn5z1cz4cHV; Fri, 13 Oct 2023 11:41:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bapt@freebsd.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1697197309; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=0hJK9agt64ZRmOFRQWqR7xn7/m1+KJoYuxWZUTtgiVU=; b=r0Nlt9TTr2EIaGCgRyNp1BfARUQslg6tP9fKwPmIkJWdMUN6Vc+UFvnpD77lWW+yHKC2Kc JGmoBWU8UIrZbsTvyHlqfJgLAa+Zc81c3I9GEY9u/pjS7wzTa6FfJ7hqDqijYF8LTBZA/Y a0RoHVlSGwj7soT3qTOZ7nxcldBhe5lvxuDfuW/SJqSiX25cnONmOjsk8RfDkHypxnKvxn 2FU27Dk+biYIQ0yr054C14l60yq19x6Uw1rpoXe0vcZGanDi2UmkZP9U73oFZMNnFK23e0 U7AhzBQY3MI3L+LHBSthJ258cSTmyqz68Gn2HGhPdfyPiqyirKCXyPHJuMuIdQ== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1697197309; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=lh/6B0HRjeHyvuu2YDaLFwA8SqtY07PsT9RhloN6tiAXz27JJyYabrWiCN0N2KeWZz2Ea0 YNx0rn9/UBRHkqPSJZJQQfU2rCxFxFzdSuA08tXq9V/BA8C6SDCVWhlou/JAbccXD4JkpQ 5BcrO0qyzIRBbuuYfjkSonvikz7Yv0r2qeI8cNReRkxEU60TBoQj39gsryFAoNQ/jTPJoO Q0IGypvnCPMg48WcxVJcxLr0dTSeJ2qEY8DH/cP8fmB5OOsnDqs4pPHVtNey/HqiWiAqad atRAWdfzxIyQyjxTnlULu3wrc5x90vTRCjx8dsY4/iuqDanLrLokV+g7vcsb0g== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1697197309; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=0hJK9agt64ZRmOFRQWqR7xn7/m1+KJoYuxWZUTtgiVU=; b=Y76DGlAYKPsVA7RiQT+FDPMFo1QCe45nZT8efhq1IMBFZ/YYhq8gI6PfWQnwOWReKZIsk8 3p3JQ9/wil7VRrUqSDpo8zC+LcfW0dIyhGtIgCvgQdK34pKDVx4pgUbsBTVDmDGEfWORzi q5BH9dnEgNMuwflVj7MiDKu5jW9Gs1fLF7pzgrLDsekxXHgmsH7i4Cgeief9vPflrFah/U Uq6+tevZx4FLdoJS1N9FgeSYNS9FyRd1QJQrolZ0pJ0LyjRWTG+1pRXKJOF3JVqbl558hd 3zgrCoV92vB151RrQ0NSITUpUd9QDATKr/D6DoHu6QNe9pxVxR6PpSNZKkQA1g== Received: from aniel.nours.eu (nours.eu [176.31.115.77]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: bapt) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4S6Pjn4RJFz1Gpq; Fri, 13 Oct 2023 11:41:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bapt@freebsd.org) Received: by aniel.nours.eu (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 8FC79139AAB; Fri, 13 Oct 2023 13:41:48 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 13:41:48 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin To: Oliver Lehmann Cc: Alexey Dokuchaev , ports-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 97d52f6d4735 - main - */*: Set an expiration date for several Worldforge libraries and schedule for removal - There has been no release for most of the libraries in the past 10 years. Message-ID: <6eerl24jwxveqvubprpe5hghk4v3xjfqhymwoxfgkwjzelzic7@sm2m7koledme> References: <202310121741.39CHfwg4021895@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <20231013113806.Horde.kQ2v4Cct4l8wkc-cTB1ZRDX@avocado.salatschuessel.net> List-Id: Commit messages for all branches of the ports repository List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-ports-all List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20231013113806.Horde.kQ2v4Cct4l8wkc-cTB1ZRDX@avocado.salatschuessel.net> On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 11:38:06AM +0000, Oliver Lehmann wrote: > Hi Alexey, > > Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 05:41:58PM +0000, Oliver Lehmann wrote: > > > commit 97d52f6d473533d6d53e5771c0839c160a2b92dd > > > > > > Set an expiration date for several Worldforge libraries and schedule > > > for removal - There has been no release for most of the libraries in > > > the past 10 years. > > > ... > > > > Looking at https://github.com/worldforge, their repos are well alive and > > receiving updates. Maybe we could ask them to tag releases more often > > rather than removing (presumably working) ports? > > > > ./danfe > > While this might be true, most - if not all of the libs - are rather > useless if none of worldforges main products like their game client > Ember is not ported. It was ported once but got removed from the ports > tree years ago - I fail to remember what was the issue back then. > So while those libs could be kept there, they are not much of a use > without any real using component anyway. > If you still think its useful to keep them I can revert this commit > and hand them over to ports@ because I don't intend to maintain them > anymore. I don't see a real worlds benefit in doing so. > We have no usage statistics of those ports of course but I doubt that > anyone is using them - because what would they use them for and it > shouldn't be in the ports system just to have it. It should serve a > purpose. No this commit should not be revert, the deprecation is a good way to notify whoever is interested in maintaining those because they find it useful, if noone step up, then it will be removed, which is not a big deal, it is easy to revive if needed. Bapt