Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:12:54 -0500 From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> To: gahr@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, Matthias Andree <mandree@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Deprecation campaign Message-ID: <20110317231254.GB31001@lonesome.com> In-Reply-To: <20110317103637.GB7901@gahrfit.gahr.ch> References: <20110316233326.GA68341@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <4D818EFD.3060602@yandex.ru> <4D81D3AD.7040007@FreeBSD.org> <20110317103637.GB7901@gahrfit.gahr.ch>
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On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:36:38AM +0100, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > > all these efforts to rescue the ports are all good, but: do we actually > > _need_ the ports? Just having one more port isn't a value in itself. > > It's a potential value. Having one port less is a potential loss. Potential value, but each port has a real cost: the time to deal with things such as keeping a copy of the ports tree (and, of course, trying to make packages for each port) each has a marginal cost. mcl
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