From owner-svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Mon Mar 28 15:00:23 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-ports-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E5AAAE0188; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 15:00:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cy.schubert@komquats.com) Received: from smtp-out-so.shaw.ca (smtp-out-so.shaw.ca [64.59.136.138]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "Client", Issuer "CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D410E1867; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 15:00:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cy.schubert@komquats.com) Received: from spqr.komquats.com ([96.50.22.10]) by shaw.ca with SMTP id kYeMaiwdDabIFkYeNaXt7b; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 09:00:15 -0600 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=Daa30qZW c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=jvE2nwUzI0ECrNeyr98KWA==:117 a=jvE2nwUzI0ECrNeyr98KWA==:17 a=L9H7d07YOLsA:10 a=9cW_t1CCXrUA:10 a=s5jvgZ67dGcA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=7OsogOcEt9IA:10 a=sol3VE4AAAAA:8 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=BWvPGDcYAAAA:8 a=YxBL1-UpAAAA:8 a=8yi4d09e4rzAQDmZJJMA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 Received: from slippy.cwsent.com (slippy [10.1.1.91]) by spqr.komquats.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E223313751; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 08:00:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from slippy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by slippy.cwsent.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id u2SF0DJf058697; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 08:00:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@komquats.com) Message-Id: <201603281500.u2SF0DJf058697@slippy.cwsent.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.8.0 04/21/2012 with nmh-1.6 Reply-to: Cy Schubert From: Cy Schubert X-os: FreeBSD X-Sender: cy@cwsent.com X-URL: http://www.komquats.com/ To: Baptiste Daroussin cc: Cy Schubert , ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r412033 - in head/x11-toolkits: . Xmt Xmt/files In-Reply-To: Message from Baptiste Daroussin of "Mon, 28 Mar 2016 11:25:56 +0200." <20160328092555.GE36953@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 08:00:13 -0700 X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfPVjNmLtZnakW/Ywsp1v8IDWZpsscyNpqCiL+ZifVZmg0KVzH50CE6Z0d0XgpKu8yC7q5JVjKJv+l29jvIGE1lIy/TAUyyR5/N0WLrWNrdx5Oq/IMyk4 6kY8320iQaEtkOh/JShik/nPwixWTMh0YzMtc/ljI9CLIQnIpVMzBKk8OiwvHPsuMk/EVf5MuJznPv/gLKmgOsZif9nHewWTlAc94fPNTIx7S3WKBd0u58CH NhmjKURICm/c7yaN7qESzLFseYgcwkJoGmdCtvqkdQRFnfyHrbdV2pPIoWZoNE8pCW47jR0lyaQ4PXhrGQ0hWw== X-BeenThere: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the ports tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 15:00:23 -0000 In message <20160328092555.GE36953@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>, Baptiste Daroussin w rites: > On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 06:10:10AM +0000, Cy Schubert wrote: > > Author: cy > > Date: Mon Mar 28 06:10:10 2016 > > New Revision: 412033 > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/412033 > >=20 > > Log: > > Welcome the new x11-tookits/Xmt port. > > =20 > > Xmt is a Motif Tools library, introduced in the book Motif Tools > > (ISBN 1-56592-044-9). The Xmt Motif Tools library provides developers > > of user interfaces tools that make Motif easier to use. Xmt consists > > of the core library of additional widgets, utility programs, docs, > > tutorials, and example code. > > Wow last release in 2001 a website where more than half of the links are de= > ad > links (in particular the documentation). This project is dead for more than= > 15 > years. Is there reallly any value added by having this port in? Maybe you p= > lan > to import some higher level ports using it? > > I don't really care, just it feels strange to add something abandonned for = > that > long in the ports tree. It's still in use by some. I happen to have some apps that use it (using the original library that came with the CD that accompanied the book -- version 1.0.0). The latest book became Volume 6C of the Oreilly X11 library, considering this is also an extension to Motif toolkit. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert or FreeBSD UNIX: Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.