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From: Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@FreeBSD.org>
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Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org>,
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/sysutils/screenie Makefile pkg-descr
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Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 09:00:06AM +0200, Erwin Lansing wrote:
> > This case is actually actively taken care of, although of course
> > some cases will fall through the cracks.  Portmgr does
> > occassionally run a full build of all ports on the pointyhat
> > cluster with local caching turned off, forcing all ports to be
> > fetch from the configured MASTER_SITES.  In fact, I started one
> > just yesterday.  Maintainers will be informed and unmaintained
> > ports will be marked BROKEN, and lateron scheduled for deletion.
> > But like you said, there will still be cases that will fall through
> > and we do need to get better at removing stale ports.
> 
> I think people would also appreciate more clear criteria on when to
> mark port as deprecated.  For now the only one I know is "being
> broken and unmaintained for 6-12 months".  Availability of distfile
> and master site does not seem enough.  Unpatched security issue, on
> contrary, could encourage deprecation with shorter expiration period.

Just a thought. How about setup a public database which tracks how long
a port is unmaintained/unupdated. Review the ports which should have a
maintainer since they are somewhat important. Automatically expire
ports that didn't have a maintainer for let's say a year.

Emanuel