From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 30 14:48:19 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25F39106566C for ; Sat, 30 May 2009 14:48:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEE148FC18 for ; Sat, 30 May 2009 14:48:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from sarevok.dnr.servegame.org (mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.11]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92FFB7E837 for ; Sat, 30 May 2009 06:48:17 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 16:48:15 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.3 (FreeBSD/8.0-CURRENT; KDE/4.2.3; i386; ; ) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200905301648.15697.mel.flynn+fbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net> Subject: Policy on removed ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 14:48:19 -0000 Hi, while scouting for calendar/collaboration servers and the lack thereof in the ports tree I started working on citadel. Then I wondered why this package has never been in ports and of course, it has been and removed because of a security vulnerability timeout. The specific issue has been fixed upstream, but what is the general policy on such ports? Will they never be allowed back in or are there guidelines/ case by case decisions? The port in question is known to MOVED as net/citadel. -- Mel