Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 23:47:45 -0400 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> To: Harald Schmalzbauer <harry@schmalzbauer.de> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: What happened to milter-sender? Message-ID: <4292A3E1.3020707@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200505240333.23843@harrymail> References: <200505232317.29017@harrymail> <42924A59.1080108@FreeBSD.org> <200505240333.23843@harrymail>
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Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: > Am Montag, 23. Mai 2005 23:25 schrieb Adam Weinberger: > >>Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: >> >>>Hello, >>> >>>I was wondering why I can't find milter-sende in the ports tree, but >>>google found commit messages, so it has been there once. >>>(last activity I found was the UPDATING remark on 20040709, I cc'd to >>>the author) >>> >>>Thanks for any hints, >>> >>>-Harry >>> >>>P.S.: Please CC to me, I'm not subscribed >> >>It's been gone for nearly half a year now. Looks like another stupid >>licence-related issue. Also, vs was not the author; he's just the guy >>who took care of removing the port. >> >># Adam >> >> >>Revision 1.44, Thu Dec 2 10:00:26 2004 UTC (5 months, 2 weeks ago) by vs >>Branch: MAIN >>CVS Tags: HEAD >>Changes since 1.43: +1 -1 lines >>FILE REMOVED > > > Thanks a lot for that excerpt. Since the source code is still officially > available I could cvsup against my local mirror and salvage this great > port by setting the date as tag. > The port had alread been marked RESTRICTED, and the source code ist still > available, so I don't have any idea why it had to be removed... > > Thanks, > > -Harry > > >>Remove mail/milter-sender on author's request. It might be resurrected >>in the future when the software is commercially available again. It had to be removed for the exact reason stated in the commit message: the author requested that it be. If you want to see the port return, see if you can talk the author into allowing it. I frankly think it's a shame when authors request that their software be pulled... it's usually requested for the most ridiculous of reasons. # Adam -- Adam Weinberger adamw@magnesium.net || adamw@FreeBSD.org adamw@vectors.cx || adamw@gnome.org http://www.vectors.cx
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