Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:37:48 -0500 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/mail/procmail Makefile Message-ID: <20110831023748.704a9edb@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <4E5D0856.8080505@FreeBSD.org> References: <201108300823.p7U8NIfD038098@repoman.freebsd.org> <4E5CC44C.3070604@FreeBSD.org> <20110830111152.GF28186@home.opsec.eu> <4E5CD28A.1080809@FreeBSD.org> <20110830122726.GG28186@home.opsec.eu> <4E5D0856.8080505@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:57:10 +0200 Matthias Andree <mandree@freebsd.org> wrote: > > I understand that keeping unchanging software can sometimes be > necessary, if you're working around its quirks. > > At the same time I'd like to discourage new installations of dead > software so that it disappears over time, rather than haunt fresh > systems. That makes perfect sense, yes. > How about if we added a new tag "OBSOLESCENT" or so that permits > building the software only if it's already installed but refuses new > installations? Of course there could be a switch to override that, > like TRYBROKEN that can override BROKEN= tags. You had me on the edge of my seat for a while there, talking about removing my beloved procmail. Now this suggestion I could easily live with. :-) > I'm not sure if it's feasible for packages (but OBSOLESCENT could > imply "do not package") but for ports it would be possible. I like it. :-) -- Conrad J. Sabatier conrads@cox.net
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