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Date:      Sun, 4 Sep 2011 19:25:02 -0700
From:      Maksim Yevmenkin <emax@freebsd.org>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-ports@freebsd.org, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports MOVED ports/comms Makefile ports/comms/hcidump Makefile distinfo pkg-descr ports/comms/hcidump/files patch-hcidump-Makefile patch-parser-Makefile patch-parser.c
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2011/9/4 Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>:
> On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 04:33:38PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
>> On 09/04/2011 09:49, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
>> > On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 07:23:04AM +0000, Doug Barton wrote:
>> >> Remove comms/hcidump. The only master site was a geocities web page
>> >> which disappeared almost 3 years ago.
>> >
>> > I think this one might be a bit premature ...
>>
>> You should already know how I'm going to respond, but for the record ...
>
> :-) =A0I know, but removing a port being referenced by our primary educat=
ional
> resource for users makes us look bad in their eyes. =A0Documentation shou=
ld be
> consistent with the reality.
>
>> If you wish to maintain it, go ahead. :) But geocities disappeared
>> almost 3 years ago, and no one responded to the fact that it was
>> deprecated.
>
> Let's see what emax@ has to say about it; that GC site was his. =A0Perhap=
s
> it can be included in the base along with other Bluetooth utilities
> (although it's licensed under GPLv2; would be better if all authors and
> contributors could agree to relicense the code under BSD).

hcidump is a very useful tool. please do not remove the port. if its
needs new home, than i will try to find it a new place for it.

thanks,
max



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