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On 06/22/2012 10:46, Eitan Adler wrote:

> As a general rule ports should not maintain or develop software. If
> you would like to continue development we need to become the
> _upstream_ developer and maintain a fork or patchset from which you
> roll releases (and provide the appropriate support). FreeBSD is not in
> a position to review code to upstream projects.

I'm not sure where you got that idea. Historically it's been pretty
common for there to be a version of something in ports where upstream
development has stalled (or outright died), but an active maintainer
keeps the thing alive with patches. Requiring a maintainer to do what
you're suggesting seems a very high, and altogether unnecessary burden.

Doug

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