Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 10:17:44 +0200 (CEST) From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> Cc: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Ulrich_Sp=F6rlein?= <uqs@freebsd.org>, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>, Antoine Brodin <antoine@freebsd.org>, Rene Ladan <rene@freebsd.org>, ports-committers <ports-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-ports-all <svn-ports-all@freebsd.org>, svn-ports-head <svn-ports-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r534093 - in head: . audio audio/festvox-czech audio/gkrellmvolume2 audio/mixmos audio/mma audio/pd-cyclone audio/shorten audio/taglib-sharp audio/xhippo biology biology/consed biology/... Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.21.2005111009220.4354@anthias.pfeifer.com> In-Reply-To: <20200509060901.GA4597@FreeBSD.org> References: <202005051538.045FcC5t083716@repo.freebsd.org> <CAJ9axoQKjKg8Hp9xYusGziwy3XTz%2BQa2Dt43-9wuFAE1XgZtww@mail.gmail.com> <CAALwa8nwfb9c0TpZS40jxECM2Mn7pMfmipgfZAuZ32Dy26QAcg@mail.gmail.com> <20200506083234.GA64535@FreeBSD.org> <CAALwa8ks-p7eROa8N7NKoeSbMuwosQWpYkko7j7RtLBAtpBGGw@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ9axoSoJVwxCstQ%2BDQZKWyNn4Ecmm5o9jythrKgCsGKJYe2uA@mail.gmail.com> <20200507074443.whhdbabiimrjsand@ivaldir.net> <20200508133245.GD3075@acme.spoerlein.net> <20200509060901.GA4597@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, 9 May 2020, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > This very well describes my viewpoint as well. Unfortunately Ulrich, > we're the minority. I believe what tends to be missed is opportunity cost for having things that (essentially) nobody uses. Our time and focus are not unconstrained and anything in the tree invokes effort. That's not to say we should work towards a minimal set of everything (ports, platforms,...), just energy we spend on carrying remnants of the past is energy we do not spend on the future. Gerald
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