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Date:      Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:12:17 -0600
From:      linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon)
To:        Mikhail Teterin <mi+mill@aldan.algebra.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ion3 removal (Re: Ion3 license violation)
Message-ID:  <20071213021217.GA3535@soaustin.net>
In-Reply-To: <200712121930.46708.mi%2Bmill@aldan.algebra.com>
References:  <20071212213200.D576216A469@hub.freebsd.org> <200712121701.57460.mi%2Bmill@aldan.algebra.com> <20071212183542.f9bf5e55.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <200712121930.46708.mi%2Bmill@aldan.algebra.com>

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On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 07:30:46PM -0500, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> I expect the port-removal to be initiated/done in an orderly fashion.

Claims of license violations absolutely trump any "process requirements".
portmgr has the explicit task of keeping the Ports Collection in as
best a legal state as possible.

Further, note that my initial commit tried to do this, and I asked the
author if it was acceptable.  It was clear from his reply that it was
not -- especially considering the following history:

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2007/10/28/0000.html

Anyone interested in this thread needs to go read that one first.

mcl



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