Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:38:18 -0500 From: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org> To: marino@freebsd.org, =?UTF-8?B?QmVybmhhcmQgRnLDtmhsaWNo?= <decke@bluelife.at> Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r367769 - in head: . emulators emulators/virtualbox-ose-kmod-legacy emulators/virtualbox-ose-legacy Message-ID: <540F734A.90600@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <540F716D.8020001@marino.st> References: <201409091918.s89JIStw037486@svn.freebsd.org> <CAE-m3X0VobD6WDC94QtgDFhFrQ_dYuZ=mMO4iPTUy7k3juUgeQ@mail.gmail.com> <540F6D8A.30907@marino.st> <540F704B.7070209@FreeBSD.org> <540F716D.8020001@marino.st>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --btK6fueX7bnfVLKn7u2FxqcOuiPWnlBtK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 9/9/2014 4:30 PM, John Marino wrote: > On 9/9/2014 23:25, Bryan Drewery wrote: >> virtualbox-ose-kmod-legacy does not have a dependency on unstaged >> emulators/virtualbox-ose-legacy. Naturally decke@ was not notified. >=20 > Okay, so the issue is the kmod port? > I didn't realize it had a function by itself, I thought it existed > solely for virtualbox-ose-legacy. >=20 >=20 >> It is not proper to remove a port without a deprecation period if it >> works and has no other reason to be removed. >> >> btw decke@ still is a portmgr. >=20 >=20 > The language is inexcusable. >=20 > If virtualbox-ose-kmod-legacy is useful by itself, I'm happy to restore= it. >=20 > John >=20 We have no idea if it is useful by itself. Ports are not the only consumers of leaf ports. Users also use leaf ports as dependencies. This is one of the reasons we use a deprecation period before removing something. It gives people time to chime in if it actually is useful for something by itself. --=20 Regards, Bryan Drewery --btK6fueX7bnfVLKn7u2FxqcOuiPWnlBtK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJUD3NKAAoJEDXXcbtuRpfPnysIAKR1/e3ko2bx0YgnQLp9yMLn PPuuU66GYRdE0Xg7IXMPzLpNMYeOqGnfvVx4onXBCyVF1iaeWkqhhk9x8fep3Q+p lXvghBQfuU2ELc+YINdW9lKvgK20C4qZMuGSA8g4HTnvgjLgn5ksWhA/0EXclQqQ 1qNtNPpvqviM3VV8ZiKjk1GHmoi5pfXdJBuOGBkCipU30N5ZKmTHcWCqwfrcGVEA kl2ief4iU0yBjSYvMfl5Qyr3ZXOD8QmkiRS7khn1CFTyY2zfp2/8qzQ+lr4mEy85 OghLLl7Pz0+O2U7AnTFzGNH9CZfOZmPg8JvfBI4sFkwk/iYVnZfJNOhe+WWnluo= =+0e9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --btK6fueX7bnfVLKn7u2FxqcOuiPWnlBtK--
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