Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 21:00:37 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> Cc: fredb@getnet.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: x11-wm/olvwm Message-ID: <BANLkTimrMa=9LnAeKpm%2B%2BCb-B%2BQuXczUUg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimb_p-PABPOU3BA0yx6aruz6wS1MA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110524075306.gdtp5ddioo0c0wok@mail.getnet.net> <BANLkTimb_p-PABPOU3BA0yx6aruz6wS1MA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 24 May 2011 18:09, C. P. Ghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:53 PM, =A0<fredb@getnet.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have updated ports and when reinstalling I found x11-wm/olvwm which I = was >> 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. I don't understand your comment on silence -- they've been deprecated for a while now. I'll take a look at resurrecting and hosting it tomorrow, if people are interested. Chris
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