Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 15:36:13 -0600 From: Steve Price <steve@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Drew Sanford <lauasanf@bellsouth.net> Cc: Dmitry Sivachenko <demon@FreeBSD.ORG>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG, asami@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Afterstep port Message-ID: <20001114153613.G62344@bonsai.knology.net> In-Reply-To: <3A11A425.584AA377@bellsouth.net>; from lauasanf@bellsouth.net on Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 02:44:21PM -0600 References: <20001114114037.A46808@hub.freebsd.org> <3A11A425.584AA377@bellsouth.net>
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On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 02:44:21PM -0600, Drew Sanford wrote: # Dmitry Sivachenko wrote: # > # > Hello! # > # > Is there any sense to keep x11-wm/afterstep port? # > It represents an old 1.0 version, while the latest stable version is 1.8.4 # > (afterstep-stable port). # > # > If there will be no objections, I propose to remove x11-wm/afterstep # > and to repo-copy afterstep-stable -> afterstep. # # I personally think this is a bad idea, unless you plan to keep an # afterstep 1.0 port somewhere. Its a simple, lightweight, very functional # manager. Not being able to simply type 'make install' to add it to a new # machine would severely increase the amount of typing I have to do to set # up a new machine:) I'm with Drew on this one. I use AfterStep version 1.0 on all my boxes and will continue to do so because: - It is stable. - It is small. - Has a single file to tweak configuration parameters. - Doesn't require hundreds of other ports to be installed before you can build or run it. The only additional port (on top of X) is xpm and that is only a couple of hundred kB. - Doesn't require one to have a quad CPU bohemoth to run like so many of the new window managers. - It does everything I need. I vote we leave it in there. If it is in need of a MAINTAINER then I'll do it. Need someplace to host the distfile, then I can do that too. Surely there are plenty of other ports that constitute really dead wood that you could pick on. -steve PS: I haven't tried sawfish yet, but I'm going to RSN. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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