Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:15:42 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/sysutils/screenie Makefile pkg-descr Message-ID: <20100929081542.GA97597@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20100929070005.GU77643@droso.net> References: <201009272151.o8RLpA8I002279@repoman.freebsd.org> <20100928024255.GA61304@FreeBSD.org> <20100928075649.c3bcb0a9.ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> <20100928122336.GB32589@FreeBSD.org> <4CA269E6.4030005@FreeBSD.org> <20100929070005.GU77643@droso.net>
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On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 09:00:06AM +0200, Erwin Lansing wrote: > This case is actually actively taken care of, although of course some > cases will fall through the cracks. Portmgr does occassionally run a > full build of all ports on the pointyhat cluster with local caching > turned off, forcing all ports to be fetch from the configured > MASTER_SITES. In fact, I started one just yesterday. Maintainers will > be informed and unmaintained ports will be marked BROKEN, and lateron > scheduled for deletion. But like you said, there will still be cases > that will fall through and we do need to get better at removing stale > ports. I think people would also appreciate more clear criteria on when to mark port as deprecated. For now the only one I know is "being broken and unmaintained for 6-12 months". Availability of distfile and master site does not seem enough. Unpatched security issue, on contrary, could encourage deprecation with shorter expiration period. ./danfe
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