On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:57:48 -0400 Mikhail T. wrote: > On 08.04.2014 08:00, freebsd-ports-requ...@freebsd.org wrote: >> If people are using a port, then I would agree it should be kept >> regardless of maintainer status. But that doesn't mean keeping >> everything forever as long as it compiles. > Why not? Why not "keep everything forever as long as it compiles"? Where > is this idea coming from, that stuff must be continuously updated to be > considered usable?
It doesn't have to be updated continuously, but it has to be used. Keeping a port requires effort. It needs to be kept up to date with infrastructural changes (like staging) and if nobody is using the port that's just a waste of effort. _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
