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Date:      Fri, 7 Feb 2003 09:33:50 +0100
From:      Erwin Lansing <erwin@lansing.dk>
To:        Sean Chittenden <seanc@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, legacy-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/automake17 Makefile ports/devel/py-kqueue Makefile ports/devel/autoconf257 Makefile ports/editors/apel-xemacs21-mule Makefile ports/editors/jedit Makefile ports/emulators/snes9x Makefile ...
Message-ID:  <20030207083350.GB90669@droso.net>
In-Reply-To: <200302070244.h172iMRV053562@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200302070244.h172iMRV053562@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 06:44:22PM -0800, Sean Chittenden wrote:
>   Correct ports that were abusing the FORBIDDEN variable and replace with
>   either IGNORE or BROKEN.
>  =20
>   Since there seems to be some confusion, for the record:
>  =20
>   BROKEN          is reserved for ports that don't work.  This will preve=
nt
>                   users from installing the port, but please note that
>                   ports marked as BROKEN will still be built by bento
>   IGNORE          is reserved for ports that should not be built for one
>                   reason or another (including bento).  Users and bento
>                   will not build ports marked as IGNORE.
>   FORBIDDEN       is reserved for security breakages only!!!  Only mark a
>                   port as FORBIDDEN if there is a security issue with the
>                   port at the time.
>  =20

Shouldn't this be added to the porter's handbook?

Cheers,
-erwin

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