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From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
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On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 10:32:30PM +0200, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> It is not responsible to threaten to remove ports without warning
> between releases for non urgent reasons.

portmgr has no such policy.

Ports get deleted all the time due to various issues.  I prefer to see
a 1- or 2-month warning via EXPIRATION_DATE, but that's my personal
preference, not a written policy.

mcl