Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:13:59 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> Cc: Craig Deal <list.cdeal@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portmanager status? Message-ID: <20060120081359.GC10317@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <43D06A99.8070900@ywave.com> References: <fe0fbd300601191858q356956eej4989f7d27c698c6@mail.gmail.com> <43D06A99.8070900@ywave.com>
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--NU0Ex4SbNnrxsi6C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 08:44:09PM -0800, Micah wrote: > Craig Deal wrote: > >I just ran portmanager -s and it said that it has been removed from > >the ports collection. The "MOVED" file said > >"sysutils/portmanager||2006-01-19|Author withdrew permission to > >distribute". Does this mean it will not be available any more, or is > >this temporary? > > > >Does anyone have a recommendation for a replacement for a novice user. > >Portmanager was very easy to use and I never had a problem with it. > > > >Thanks, > >Craig >=20 > Check out http://portmanager.sunsite.dk/preface.html > "I have decided to remove portmanager from the FreeBSD ports tree=20 > because I do not get along with the people in charge of FreeBSD ports." >=20 > Sounds pretty permanent to me. Someone else might take over development..assuming it was under an open source license, there's nothing the author can do to stop them. Kris --NU0Ex4SbNnrxsi6C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD0JvHWry0BWjoQKURAgcCAKD0rl3ad6MmomDoXRj+xUCvc0QevQCgy/1G reGv23mRfZ/XZ3j1wBCkSUc= =G//V -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NU0Ex4SbNnrxsi6C--
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