From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 24 17:09:13 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42FF21065670; Tue, 24 May 2011 17:09:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0F8C8FC08; Tue, 24 May 2011 17:09:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws18 with SMTP id 18so6974795vws.13 for ; Tue, 24 May 2011 10:09:12 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.112.194 with SMTP id is2mr194412vdb.292.1306256951988; Tue, 24 May 2011 10:09:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.5.11 with HTTP; Tue, 24 May 2011 10:09:11 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.176.1] In-Reply-To: <20110524075306.gdtp5ddioo0c0wok@mail.getnet.net> References: <20110524075306.gdtp5ddioo0c0wok@mail.getnet.net> Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 19:09:11 +0200 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: fredb@getnet.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: x11-wm/olvwm 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: Tue, 24 May 2011 17:09:13 -0000 On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:53 PM, wrote: > Hello, > > I have updated ports and when reinstalling I found x11-wm/olvwm which I w= as > using was gone from the ports tree. =A0Why? I noticed that too, and was bit by that change as well. Since I love the olvwm look and feel, I'm sad to see it go from the FreeBSD ports collection. % grep olvwm /usr/ports/MOVED x11-wm/olvwm||2011-05-01|Has expired: Upstream disapear and distfile is no more available I think we could resurrect this port, using the last available distfile, which fortunately is still with us: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/olvwm4.tar.Z There are also two patches there: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/olvwm4.Patch01.Z ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/olvwm4.Patch02.Z Unfortunately, I don't know where the old port files have gone. We *REALLY* should consider moving dead ports to a separate subdirectory hierarchy (such as /usr/ports/.deadports or some such), so people interested in resurrecting old ports could have a look. Just letting then disappear silently is rude und unnecessary, but that's just IMHO. > Best regards, > Fred Regards, -cpghost. --=20 Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/