Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 19:20:29 +0300 From: Gleb Popov <arrowd@freebsd.org> To: Richard Childers <childers@redwoodhodling.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why do packages disappear? Message-ID: <CALH631k4HT-3M8FUqbWBMQpkRhryPN65XGVKM5K2tpuYN%2BB4Ng@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7a0cfebd-9137-435e-910a-3e9641650976@redwoodhodling.com> References: <7a0cfebd-9137-435e-910a-3e9641650976@redwoodhodling.com>
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On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 6:39=E2=80=AFPM Richard Childers <childers@redwoodhodling.com> wrote: > > > I was using ungoogled-chromium and I had 60+ tabs that I can now not get > back because ungoogled-chromium has been withdrawn from circulation. > > > why are these packages appearing and disappearing? If it's a package, > it's supposed to be good enough to public use. The experimental stuff is > supposed to stay in the ports section, not be promoted to packages. > > > FreeBSD used to hold itself to a higher standard than Linux; it stood > for STABILITY. Linux stood for EXPERIMENTATION. > > > What happened? Is FreeBSD being run by college kids now? Is it? How did you end up with ungoogled-chromium removed? Back on topic, the missing package may be due some build failure on the package cluster. You can investigate that on https://portsfallout.com/
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