Re: git: 4a384fbfb20b - main - accessibility/redshift: Deprecate and set expiration date to 2024-06-30

On 07/06/24 09:40, Michael Gmelin wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 6 Jun 2024 21:47:17 -0700
> Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Jun 6, 2024 at 9:01 PM Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 06, 2024 at 07:07:53PM +0000, Daniel Engberg wrote:
>>>> commit 4a384fbfb20b4d684f86aa3af1f898abf809ed49
>>>>
>>>> accessibility/redshift: Deprecate and set expiration date to
>>>> 2024-06-30
>>>>
>>>> No upstream activity for the past 4 years, a lot of bug reports
>>>> upstream
>>>
>>> Could you please stop arbitrarily deprecating working software?
>>> Lots of us use redshift as their daily driver because of its
>>> flexibility and don't really care what happens upstream or whether
>>> it supports something as useless as Wayland.
>>
>> I do not use this software but that is beside the point and I agree in
>> principle that there seems to be an overeagerness in deprecating ports
>> recently.  If the software is building, and is not retarding progress
>> elsewhere, there should be no impetus to go hunting for ports even if
>> they seem less useful than alternatives.  If there is some other
>> technical concern driving this like disk space or build time please
>> communicate that to ports-developers so it can be debated against
>> other options.
>>
> 
> Just as a datapoint, I'm also using redshift and it works just fine for
> me.

I'd like to +1 on my part.

This is a useful port and I know no replacement.

It is unfortunate if there is no upstream activity, but since it 
compiles, work and there is no security issue I don't see why it should 
be removed.

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Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org>