On 21.12.2017 07:35, Kevin Oberman wrote: >>> What happened with old good "Tools, not policy" thing? >> >> It's simpler than that, no policy involved. >> >> The tool had a hollow head, and broke after several years of banging it, >> and the former tool maker told the public it's out of warranty (never >> was in due to it being free) and not being fixed any more, and should be >> scrapped. > > It still works (painfully) and is used by many. They would be wise to > stop, but it is not the job of the project to force them to do so, > > I do think that a pkg-message with "Here there be dragons! Proceed at your > own risk. dropmail is a MUCH safer (and easier) path." would be > appropriate.
+1 > I don't think it is the job of the project to force people to > replace it if they think they know what they are doing. Of course, bitrot > or similar may take it before long. _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
