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Date:      Sun, 4 Sep 2011 18:18:21 -0500
From:      Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
To:        "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, yar@freebsd.org, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: sysutils/cfs
Message-ID:  <20110904231821.GC22986@lonesome.com>
In-Reply-To: <201109042032.p84KWUIF073409@fire.js.berklix.net>
References:  <CADLo83_A%2BOh%2Bi4ZFQ=KnZyvBk0h2pf%2BbJnjhYHm=5UyacjE3cA@mail.gmail.com> <201109042032.p84KWUIF073409@fire.js.berklix.net>

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On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 10:32:30PM +0200, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> It is not responsible to threaten to remove ports without warning
> between releases for non urgent reasons.

portmgr has no such policy.

Ports get deleted all the time due to various issues.  I prefer to see
a 1- or 2-month warning via EXPIRATION_DATE, but that's my personal
preference, not a written policy.

mcl



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