From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 21 15:50:03 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5B37106566B for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:50:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@passap.ru) Received: from forward3h.mail.yandex.net (forward3h.mail.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:0:f05::3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D5068FC14 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:50:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp1h.mail.yandex.net (smtp1h.mail.yandex.net [84.201.187.144]) by forward3h.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id 295391362082 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:50:02 +0400 (MSK) Received: from smtp1h.mail.yandex.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1h.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id 020851340023 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:50:01 +0400 (MSK) Received: from 87.249.28.58.tel.ru (87.249.28.58.tel.ru [87.249.28.58]) by smtp1h.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTP id o1Zq1DZ7-o1Z4jUqI; Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:50:01 +0400 X-Yandex-Rcpt-Suid: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <4FE342A9.2020009@passap.ru> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:50:01 +0400 From: Boris Samorodov User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:13.0) Gecko/20120620 Thunderbird/13.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <20120621083054.90E051065692@hub.freebsd.org> <4FE2F839.9060904@aldan.algebra.com> <4FE2FD67.3040407@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4FE2FD67.3040407@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: freebsd-ports Digest, Vol 474, Issue 7 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: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:50:03 -0000 21.06.2012 14:54, Michael Scheidell пишет: > > On 6/21/12 6:32 AM, Mikhail T. wrote: >> On 21.06.2012 04:30, freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org wrote: >>> portname: x11/etoile >>> description: Metaport for Etoile desktop >>> maintainer:ports@FreeBSD.org > ^^^^^^^^ >>> deprecated because: API no longer supported >>> expiration date: 2012-07-20 >>> build errors: none. >>> overview:http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11&portname=etoile >>> >> The entire etoile is being ripped out for a reason of "API no longer >> supported"... Could the powers that be elaborate, what this means, >> please? Which API? >> >> The version in ports is 0.4.1. Visiting the project's web-site >> (http://www.etoile-project.org/) shows version 0.4.2 available since >> April. Thanks! >> > you are more then welcome to adopt them. > without anyone maintaining them (ports@ is a default, means no > maintainer, old maintainer dropped it) > > There won't be anyone updating these either. > > Do you use it? Do you need it? > grab maintainership and update away. > Extremely important to you commercially? but don't have the time to > maintain it? > some readers of this group can be bribed by paypal or amazon gift lists ,, > (no, not me) > > if nobody maintains a port, eventually, it gets into disrepair. and > then gets deleted. I've reread the answer three times. May be my English is bad. Sorry, but I'll second the question: What does "API no longer supported" mean? -- WBR, Boris Samorodov (bsam) FreeBSD Committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve