From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 11 01:56:01 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F40071065679 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 01:56:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsimmons0@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vc0-f182.google.com (mail-vc0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A74498FC0A for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 01:56:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vcbfy7 with SMTP id fy7so2248538vcb.13 for ; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:56:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=yR4Fla4EEIDx4G/nwdHObVmZXtPdEXyoq22xxwH7e8s=; b=tmfAg+1MLqS3yneN+ELVBa8MDV23d3ozZmd8gwbh/mNWEVk3Z2juj+M0GKKo6kQlFp Gd7hKpw0es+CrdnBo42gjIt4rTu+Xbj1NuISH5JtrBE5JlCCKDiE+Lagm25xES7rcklI dFlN5NSgEtAleW5pEqNDXUqaXgndmqANvYNtgmXD9Z6C33CDZx1RlG5UKAeCpjHJYLBA gM/53hz94PYsEV7fT989x3eIZzlOqUgV/npAwauw3vzS8uy8J6EXis0bk4RTK3rQybfj 5WUzBl2KsOhJfblTkZR5cSA2/6z36254gJc3QjKI9VDo6BAw2LXEDQxQDUN3GDYKsKnH MMvQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.88.176 with SMTP id bh16mr9614095vdb.132.1339379759960; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:55:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.113.97 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:55:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4fd5acfa.idvDPcWpdoIIkuEZ%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4FD4FF32.1060402@FreeBSD.org> <4fd5acfa.idvDPcWpdoIIkuEZ%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 21:55:59 -0400 Message-ID: From: Robert Simmons To: ports@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Subject: Re: port unmaintained since 2005? drop it? misc/gpt* X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 01:56:01 -0000 On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 4:31 AM, wrote: > Michael Scheidell wrote: > >> Two unmaintained ports, nothing depends on them, and upstream has >> not updated source since 2004, ftp server unresponsive. >> >> >> (gpt32: misc/gpt also unmaintained since 2005. >> >> >> ftp server mentioned doesn't respond (ftp.freebsd.org has distfile), >> upstream unmaintained since 2004, and upstream points to a different >> distfile (with different checksum and same version number), mentions >> an alpha version 4.0. > > These are originally from NCSA, but the website mentioned in > the pkg-descr (http://www.gridpackagingtools.org/) now seems to > be promoting some kind of diet/nutritional approach. =A0The only > connection to "middleware" that immediately comes to mind is that > such sites tend to be frequented by those concerned about excessive > weight around their middle :) > > Dunno what (if anything) they are currently good for, but it seems > that, at a minimum, the PORTVERSION and/or MASTER_SITES -- and the > pkg-descr -- need to be updated. I would have to think that that is a remnant of a project that is no longer running. The current owners of that domain are squatters: Registrant ID:DOT-SY49XY2F9J0P Registrant Name:Domain Admin Registrant Organization:Maripon Management, Inc. Registrant Street1:Office 2, 456-458 Strand Registrant Street2:WC2R 0DZ Registrant Street3: Registrant City:London Registrant State/Province:uk Registrant Postal Code:n/a Registrant Country:GB Registrant Phone:+44.12053169373 Registrant Phone Ext.: Registrant FAX: Registrant FAX Ext.: Registrant Email:support@internet-guide.biz