Re: git: 80c73f57ca2e - main - sysutils/freebsd-shar: New port in preparation for shar(1) removal

In message <Z2Oh5c36EJ4xWkXz@FreeBSD.org>, Alexey Dokuchaev writes:
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 12:44:33AM +0000, Cy Schubert wrote:
> > commit 80c73f57ca2e0cb58b40f33518c3d42ab12c77a8
> > 
> >   sysutils/freebsd-shar: New port in preparation for shar(1) removal
> > 
> >   shar(1) will be removed from 15-CURRENT.
>
> But why?  Where could we vote against this?

Check the -arch ML. There's a phab revision that was accepted too.

>
> >   shar(1) is useful for those who use the tool, for example cut and
> >   paste into termanal windows for which one has access through a
> >   third party gateway, where tools like scp and ftp are ineffectual
> >   due to text terminal access ownly.
>
> Exactly!  Why do we intend to remove a useful, simple tool?  People
> also use it to submit new ports and it's a lot easier to review the
> payload in the browser without having to unpack compressed formats.

This is not the correct ML to discuss this. Go to the -arch ML and voice 
your opinion there. It's actively being discussed there. The phab revision 
was approved by a cast of a dozen people.

I'm only turning it into a port for those, like me, who have specific uses 
for it. Else we won't even have this.

>
> ./danfe


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