Re: git: 4dd1ae7e79b4 - main - www/awffull: Deprecate and set expiration date to 2023-09-30

On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 10:16:57PM +0100, Nuno Teixeira wrote:
> Hello Daniel,
> 
> Is there any policy to protect "classic" ports from deletion?
> 
> games/cursive is a good example with no upstream alive, just an archive.
> I believe that there is more examples that follow this situation.

This topic is brought up from time to time; I'm also against removing
non-broken (buildable, working) ports, but the official position seems
to be "Ports Collection is not a software museum". :-/

If you enjoy some particular abandonware port(s), the best way to prevent
their removal is to take maintainership (so if they break, pkg-fallout@
will notify you) and use them on the regular basis (so it they build, but
stop working, you'd also know quickly).

./danfe