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Date:      Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:33:38 GMT
From:      Roman Bogorodskiy <novel@FreeBSD.org>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   misc/99643: request to remove src/tools/tools/portsinfo because it's obsolete and not needed
Message-ID:  <200606301133.k5UBXcT4054629@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number:         99643
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       request to remove src/tools/tools/portsinfo because it's obsolete and not needed
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jun 30 12:10:18 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Roman Bogorodskiy
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD freefall.freebsd.org 6.0-STABLE FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #0: Sat Dec 10 03:18:20 UTC 2005 kensmith@freefall.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FREEFALL i386


>Description:
		I'd like src/tools/tools/portsinfo to be removed from the
		tree because of the following reasons:
	
		- It's broken. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi, which
		  portsinfo tries to use doesn't provide needed information
		  anymore, so the script simply doesn't work.
		- It's not needed. The are about hundred new ports every two
		  weeks and even more updated ports. Information is such
		  amount is useless IMO.
	
		Though, if somebody feels like this tools is really needed, I think
		it should be rewritten to use freshports and placed into
		ports/Tools/scripts.
>How-To-Repeat:
	
>Fix:

	


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