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Berner" , ports@freebsd.org, "portmgr@freebsd.org" Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_Aggressive_ports_removal_(was:_svn_commit:_r546907_-_head/?= =?UTF-8?Q?x11-clocks/wmtime)?= X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BfGVK5dzQz4Mt1 X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=langille.org header.s=fm2 header.b=HdqyaYb0; dkim=pass header.d=messagingengine.com header.s=fm3 header.b=i8UemiNJ; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=langille.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of dan@langille.org designates 66.111.4.27 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=dan@langille.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.60 / 15.00]; TO_DN_EQ_ADDR_SOME(0.00)[]; XM_UA_NO_VERSION(0.01)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:66.111.4.27]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_GOOD(0.00)[66.111.4.27:from]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[langille.org:+,messagingengine.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[langille.org,none]; RCPT_COUNT_SEVEN(0.00)[10]; SUBJ_EXCESS_QP(1.20)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.73)[-1.728]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[66.111.4.27:from]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; ASN(0.00)[asn:11403, ipnet:66.111.4.0/24, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.999]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[langille.org:s=fm2,messagingengine.com:s=fm3]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[dan]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.98)[-0.985]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[ports]; MID_RHS_WWW(0.50)[] X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 06:37:32 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.33 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 01:49:47 -0000 On Sat, Aug 29, 2020, at 8:50 PM, Adam Weinberger wrote: > Just a disclaimer: I=E2=80=99m speaking for myself here, not on behalf= of portmgr@. Also please keep in mind that I am perpetually, pathologic= ally optimistic. >=20 >> On Aug 29, 2020, at 18:01, Warner Losh wrote: >>=20 >>=20 >> Basically, it draws the community back in, even if it's just small wa= ys, rather than having them be a pure consumer giving nothing back. Make= it easy to adopt a port, and we'll grow our base of labor. Make it easy= to remove ports that no one can be bothered to adopt and we shrink our = workload. And we'll spend our time on the things that we know net us at = least one user who will pledge to keep it going. >=20 > This is a serious issue that we=E2=80=99ve been dealing with for a lon= g time. I=E2=80=99ve advocated very strongly for a script that automatic= ally notifies the maintainer (+/- ports@?) when a port is marked BROKEN = and/or DEPRECATED. Community notification is always a good thing, and it= opens the door for objections and discussion. Nobody has written such a= script, but I would be thrilled to help deploy such a script if someone= writes it. In the meantime, FreshPorts has a 'Watch ports I maintain' report under = 'Watch ports I maintain' re https://github.com/FreshPorts/freshports/issues/138 -- Dan Langille dan@langille.org