Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 18:51:20 +0100 From: Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net> To: Andrea Venturoli <ml@andreaventuroli.it>, xfce@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFCE upgraded to 4.16 Message-ID: <381c702b-c1a7-ac99-c9bb-82fd08ef3eba@madpilot.net> In-Reply-To: <6e8ec4ab-0382-7eae-e623-5f48df2f10c7@andreaventuroli.it> References: <46a21428-a640-f895-0f3b-f44c09497bf5@madpilot.net> <747ecac6-6d60-6143-1ae1-47801299b59b@netfence.it> <1502a321-02c0-13e9-16b3-6f11da9de3af@madpilot.net> <47ede65d-817a-8d80-a582-660d43ac6ac3@andreaventuroli.it> <ee9f59de-8814-cf6d-cf8a-ff13a88dccd2@madpilot.net> <7f9cc4b4-81aa-354e-4bf5-c4867ca51d13@madpilot.net> <6e8ec4ab-0382-7eae-e623-5f48df2f10c7@andreaventuroli.it>
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On 04/01/21 18:44, Andrea Venturoli wrote: > On 1/4/21 6:22 PM, Guido Falsi wrote: >> On 04/01/21 18:02, Guido Falsi wrote: >>> On 04/01/21 17:43, Andrea Venturoli wrote: >>>> P.S. >>>> Just out of curiosity: why weren't these ports removed, since we all >>>> know they were going to stop working? >>> >>> Why remove them while they are still working fine? >>> >> >> BTW, some already had a deprecation notice. > > I know. > > What I meant was not to remove them early; I was just curious why they > weren't removed at the same time XFCE 4.16 was introduced, since they > stopped working on that same day. > > Rationale is: don't waste time trying to build them, since it's useless. They are marked BROKEN, so not being build anyway. At least in theory port rules require a deprecation period for ports before removal, including BROKEN ones. Someone could step in and fix them, for example, this is easier if the port is not actually removed. -- Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net>
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