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Date:      Thu, 29 Feb 2024 13:18:08 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Florian Smeets <flo@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Proposed ports deprecation and removal policy
Message-ID:  <864jdrzcov.fsf@ltc.des.dev>
In-Reply-To: <435edf7c-a956-4317-b327-3372de70dbef@FreeBSD.org> (Florian Smeets's message of "Wed, 28 Feb 2024 20:22:34 %2B0100")
References:  <435edf7c-a956-4317-b327-3372de70dbef@FreeBSD.org>

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Florian Smeets <flo@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> Ports can be removed immediately if one of the following conditions is me=
t:
>
> - Upstream distfile is no longer available from the original
>   source/mirror (Our and other distcaches e.g. Debian, Gentoo, etc do
>   not count as "available")

Strong disagree, give the maintainer a chance to find an alternate
mirror or self-host.

> - Upstream WWW is unavailable: deprecate, remove after 3 months

That's the opposite of immediate removal

> - BROKEN for more than 6 months

Agree but that's hardly immediate

> - has known vulnerabilities that weren=E2=80=99t addressed in the ports t=
ree
>   for more than 3 months

Agree but that's hardly immediate

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@FreeBSD.org



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