Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:32:21 -0400 From: Steven Kreuzer <skreuzer@FreeBSD.org> To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/archivers Makefile ports/archivers/zlib Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/archivers/zlib/files patch-configure Message-ID: <9C7C1C7C-0CED-42B7-B833-EF7B3F45E477@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20091018210836.GA52075@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <200910181907.n9IJ7lfQ031661@repoman.freebsd.org> <20091018210836.GA52075@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
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On Oct 18, 2009, at 5:08 PM, Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 07:07:47PM +0000, Steven Kreuzer wrote: >> skreuzer 2009-10-18 19:07:47 UTC >> >> FreeBSD ports repository >> >> Modified files: >> archivers Makefile >> Added files: >> archivers/zlib Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist >> archivers/zlib/files patch-configure >> Log: >> A Massively Spiffy Yet Delicately Unobtrusive Compression Library > > Unless I have missed something, this library is already in the base > FreeBSD > system and has been there for several years. What is the point in > having it > in the ports tree as well? I needed zlib for a project I am working on and I checked to see if it was in ports but didn't bother to check if it was in base. Since zlib hasen't seen an update in 4 years, it doesn't make sense to maintain a port of it so it has been removed. Thanks for catching that. -- Steven Kreuzer http://www.exit2shell.com/~skreuzer
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