Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:49:37 +0200 From: Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/sysutils/screenie Makefile pkg-descr Message-ID: <20100929124937.f53c0764.ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20100929081542.GA97597@FreeBSD.org> References: <201009272151.o8RLpA8I002279@repoman.freebsd.org> <20100928024255.GA61304@FreeBSD.org> <20100928075649.c3bcb0a9.ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> <20100928122336.GB32589@FreeBSD.org> <4CA269E6.4030005@FreeBSD.org> <20100929070005.GU77643@droso.net> <20100929081542.GA97597@FreeBSD.org>
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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
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