Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:12:35 +0200 From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysutils/cfs Message-ID: <4E6A4903.2000103@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <4E6A08DD.8020307@icritical.com> References: <4E651DCF.30605@FreeBSD.org> <201109052146.p85Lkous037023@fire.js.berklix.net> <CADLo838dMd5=TjRF5ffiaPH7o0%2BpeWgaqbQqEfDb3EP-n4ec8A@mail.gmail.com> <4E67935C.6080702@aldan.algebra.com> <CADLo838QkAjq2jPXy_c5MTYW09tZJMvWTNndo3Pnfa3=1c-5Og@mail.gmail.com> <4E68AC85.4060705@icritical.com> <4E68F34C.6090504@FreeBSD.org> <4E6A08DD.8020307@icritical.com>
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Am 09.09.2011 14:38, schrieb Matt Burke: > If someone deletes a package I use from ports, they are FORCING me to jump > through an awful load of hoops to get what I want/need. No. If people would please take note that the package does *not* magically disappear from your computers because someone deletes it from ports -- and usually it has been abandoned by the upstream years before that happens. > Let's look at the subject of this thread: What happens if I'm a CFS user > and my hard disk dies? I install the latest release, pull my backups back > in, and find that the FreeBSD people have decided they don't want me to be > able to access my encrypted data any more. What do I do? It's not FreeBSD people who've decided that, but the upstream vendor. Don't use unsupported/unmaintained software for critical purposes, it's as simple as that. I refuse (as one who vouches for removal of dead ports) to be held as a scapegoat for someone else's mistakes. The whole discussion turns into wanting FreeBSD to jump in if someone else abandons their software. That won't work. > Attempt to compile CFS from vendor source? Possibly. If not, see to backups and/or migration in due time. We can't possibly support software that is unsupported by the vendor, but that's what you're asking for. > Waste time trying to re-make a port? In need, check it out from the Attic and beat it into shape. > Install the ports tree from a FreeBSD6.1 CD I have lying around? Quick answer. > Just install some other OS? As though that would fix anything about "upstream disappeared" issues. > What exactly is the administrative overhead of having a FORBIDDEN, etc port > in the tree if it compiles, works, and people are happy to use it > regardless of its flaws? That's been answered often enough. No need to reiterate the arguments.
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