29.02.2024 2:22, Florian Smeets wrote: > This policy should give some guidance on when ports can or should be removed. > In general ports should not be removed without reason but if a port blocks > progress it should be deprecated and subsequently removed. In general, if a > ports blocks progress for some time it will be removed so that progress can > be made. For more details see below. > > > Ports can be removed immediately if one of the following conditions is met: > > - Upstream distfile is no longer available from the original source/mirror > (Our and other distcaches e.g. Debian, Gentoo, etc do not count as > "available") > - Upstream WWW is unavailable: deprecate, remove after 3 months
[skip] > A port can be deprecated and subsequently removed if: > > - Upstream declared the version EOL or officially stopped development. > DEPRECATED should be set as soon as the planned removal date is know. Objection to quoted reasons. A software not developed anymore but still works fine after years is best software ever. Do not touch it, please. Some examples: mail/qpopper abadoned by Qualcomm years ago russian/d1489 created by ache@ who passed away years ago net/quagga abadonware but still best OSPF implementation for FreeBSD kernel net-im/pidgin-manualsize abadoned by initial author years ago databases/oracle8-client the only known library to link native FreeBSD code with for OracleDB connection Do not "fix" what ain't broken. Eugene
