Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 11:42:57 -0500 From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> To: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Policy on removed ports Message-ID: <20090530164257.GA14079@lonesome.com> In-Reply-To: <200905301648.15697.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net> References: <200905301648.15697.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net>
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On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 04:48:15PM +0200, Mel Flynn wrote: > but what is the general policy on such ports? They can come back if they're not vulnerable and someone volunteers to maintain them. (deleted ports may have had ports@ as the maintainer, but we don't allow that for port (re)additions.) We have ports that get marked vulnerable and then get updated and fixed all the time. It's just when someone doesn't update them that they go away :-) mcl
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