Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 10:26:20 +0200 From: Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org> To: Michael Gmelin <grembo@freebsd.org>, Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com> Cc: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, Daniel Engberg <diizzy@freebsd.org>, Lewis Cook <lcook@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 4a384fbfb20b - main - accessibility/redshift: Deprecate and set expiration date to 2024-06-30 Message-ID: <3ba3aba8-395c-464c-ad59-7d2f083ec127@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20240607094040.167b2517.grembo@freebsd.org> References: <202406061907.456J7rr8077152@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <ZmKGFLxY99i1FnSS@FreeBSD.org> <CAK7dMtA4xSe6-bkscOxxM-SsrmT6NRZjHQYXs-ej5RqZcMDS3g@mail.gmail.com> <20240607094040.167b2517.grembo@freebsd.org>
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On 07/06/24 09:40, Michael Gmelin wrote: > > > On Thu, 6 Jun 2024 21:47:17 -0700 > Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 6, 2024 at 9:01 PM Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 06, 2024 at 07:07:53PM +0000, Daniel Engberg wrote: >>>> commit 4a384fbfb20b4d684f86aa3af1f898abf809ed49 >>>> >>>> accessibility/redshift: Deprecate and set expiration date to >>>> 2024-06-30 >>>> >>>> No upstream activity for the past 4 years, a lot of bug reports >>>> upstream >>> >>> Could you please stop arbitrarily deprecating working software? >>> Lots of us use redshift as their daily driver because of its >>> flexibility and don't really care what happens upstream or whether >>> it supports something as useless as Wayland. >> >> I do not use this software but that is beside the point and I agree in >> principle that there seems to be an overeagerness in deprecating ports >> recently. If the software is building, and is not retarding progress >> elsewhere, there should be no impetus to go hunting for ports even if >> they seem less useful than alternatives. If there is some other >> technical concern driving this like disk space or build time please >> communicate that to ports-developers so it can be debated against >> other options. >> > > Just as a datapoint, I'm also using redshift and it works just fine for > me. I'd like to +1 on my part. This is a useful port and I know no replacement. It is unfortunate if there is no upstream activity, but since it compiles, work and there is no security issue I don't see why it should be removed. -- Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org>
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