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Date:      Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:18:17 -0400
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: saving a few ports from death
Message-ID:  <19895.13977.553973.609431@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
In-Reply-To: <20110426184315.GA2320@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com>
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> <20110426184315.GA2320@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com>

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Chip Camden writes:

>  > If you want to definitively ascertain the popularity of an application,
>  > just remove it from the ports structure and see how many users complain.
>
>  There could be quite a delay in that reaction -- it might not hit
>  home until the port needs to be rebuilt.

	It is also possible it is only important to a fairly small
number ... but to those it is absolutely crucial.


				Robert Huff


	



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