Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:41:36 +0100 From: Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to find removed ports in general & math/hexcalc in particular. Message-ID: <57C5BBE0-9A26-47E9-A0D6-A138474A41D3@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <201401281529.s0SFSxuF033427@fire.js.berklix.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 28 Jan 2014, at 16:28, Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> wrote: > Hi ports@freebsd.org > I'm looking for ports/math/hexcalc or replacement it dissapeared after > 8.2-RELEASE, it's not in http://www.freebsd.org/ports/math.html > > How should one find: > Why it dissapeared ? > (eg maybe it just lacked a maintainer & I have to re-port it? Or ... ? > What to replace it with ? > > A few days ago I tried tracing another port > (demime) & ploughed through loads of svnweb pages, dividing by 2 > until I found exactly the revision when demime had been removed, > but even there no hint why removed or what to use instead. > ( Eventually I used emil instead of demime. ) > > After upgrade, recovering abandoned ports is a chore, > What - if any - generalised pointer mechanism, does FreeBSD have > for providing a hint of Why a port was deleted, & what to use instead. Try: grep demime /usr/ports/MOVED which will give: mail/demime||2011-12-28|Has expired: No upstream development since 2007 -Dimitry [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.22 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAlLnz7UACgkQsF6jCi4glqP16wCg+TnMG8locIGlmvdwx2NOe7fj W8IAnixV/kdWA2caZKCm7GFslqmQYPr1 =AZm0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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