Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:51:57 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Martin Wilke <miwi@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Criteria for deprecating ports (Re: cvs commit: ports/x11-wm/clementine Makefile) Message-ID: <20070930165156.GA53297@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <46FE2FD4.4000805@FreeBSD.org> References: <200709272240.l8RMe9H0083769@repoman.freebsd.org> <46FE2FD4.4000805@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 12:58:28PM +0200, Kris Kennaway wrote: > Martin Wilke wrote: > >miwi 2007-09-27 22:40:09 UTC > > > > FreeBSD ports repository > > > > Modified files: > > x11-wm/clementine Makefile > > Log: > > - Marked deprecated (Project is dead, last release from 2002) > > > > Revision Changes Path > > 1.13 +3 -0 ports/x11-wm/clementine/Makefile > > > > > > To pick a commit at random... > > I am unsure about the wisdom of this. Not every piece of code needs > regular releases to remain relevant. I think you should be taking other > factors into account, notably "is the software still relevant and useful > for its intended purpose" and "is it stable and usable"? +1. While it could be a good idea to mark those ports as deprecated (in most cases, it's true) but there could be vivid users of those. FWIW, setting expiration date for unbroken and unforbidden ports is not I've seen done in the past. If there's no problem with some port, why remove it only because it's old? May I ask you to back-out EXPIRATION_DATE tags, please? Thanks. ./danfe
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