Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:43:15 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: saving a few ports from death Message-ID: <20110426184315.GA2320@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <20110426141209.0d07bccf@seibercom.net> References: <ip53jn$92d$1@dough.gmane.org> <4DB6165F.1010806@FreeBSD.org> <20110426024122.GA38579@comcast.net> <A9C17565-97D8-43F1-9CF7-8CFC79EFEA7B@FreeBSD.org> <20110426163424.GB38579@comcast.net> <20110426141209.0d07bccf@seibercom.net>
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--BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Jerry on Tuesday, 26 April 2011: > On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:34:24 -0700 > Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net> articulated: >=20 > > It's a bit of a leap to assume that a program that's popular on Linux > > will be as popular on BSD, but it's the best data we have for the time > > being. >=20 > If you want to definitively ascertain the popularity of an application, > just remove it from the ports structure and see how many users complain. >=20 There could be quite a delay in that reaction -- it might not hit home until the port needs to be rebuilt. --=20 =2EO. | Sterling (Chip) Camden | http://camdensoftware.com =2E.O | sterling@camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com OOO | 2048R/D6DBAF91 | http://chipstips.com --BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNtxJDAAoJEIpckszW26+RpHYIAMQ8XoMAjZ9U50Wxp0PcSiUD vqbTr2k1gf3GVlPPQTfTWo1aKh3mxoZ0baBZ0WJoO+n+iv/oIEqSGFBEw2TkuJJq ZzVXEpxvXgMH3aIrHCGVa/QX8ux+YjSbBIFoRCIwGmQ1lJyuu5Hv9YMjGX+MMdIv 17x4xfY6eXeqqN43yd9wT90Lz/HnT1cOM6t0vhGW5H4VEw8NSwPQzFwQLeS7hS+s 7E8RNxE7jkEIpazxHkXUiWLOZPXxxa/1Auoif4nuS21gAxhKVl6lZLELcc36swlE +xzjux3FRMQsmNIu1abTGotLZMT2N+1lKhxqAbv2bKA3TUM11NwW7iLu/lemqDc= =Qfxl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3--
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