Re: git: 61e4a788ecab - main - ports-mgmt/dialog4ports: mark as deprecated and broken on current

Hello!

On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 at 12:43:52 (+0100), Baptiste Daroussin wrote:

> >>     ports-mgmt/dialog4ports: mark as deprecated and broken on current
> >> ---
> >> +.if !exists(/usr/lib/libdialog.so)
> >> +BROKEN=		Requires libdialog in base
> >> +.endif
> >> +
> >> +DEPRECATED=	Consider using ports-mgmt/portconfig which is a dropin replacement

> >Are there any plans to make it look like `ports-mgmt/dialog4ports'?  Because
> >right now it looks like shit so I had to add

> >  DIALOG4PORTS=${LOCALBASE}/bin/dialog4ports

> >in my /etc/make.conf.

> >./danfe

> Sorry looks like shit means nothing to me so as long as we have nothing actionnable, no there will be no actions.

> Please stop shitty feedbacks (yes I can be as constructive as you are)

While not supporting Alexey's straight wording, I (as an ordinary
FreeBSD user) would like to support his feeling: I tired `portconfig` a
while ago and ended up with the same `DIALOG4PORTS=${LOCALBASE}/bin/dialog4ports`
in /etc/make.conf as `dialog4ports` looks much neater and convenient.

ps: apologies for the noise in the committers lists

-- 
George L. Yermulnik
[YZ-RIPE]