Re: git: 668e3088a22d - main - net-p2p/microdc2: unbreak the build and undeprecate this useful port

On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 06:50:18PM +0100, Daniel Engberg wrote:
> When possible can we please try to avoid reviving ports that have
> been neglected for a long time and where upstream is dead.

I use this port every other week -- DC++ networks are still quite
popular e.g. in Russia.  It often helps to revive torrents which
are lacking any peers, not to mention finding all-gone stuff like
players' Quake3 configs from ~2000.  I might consider adopting it
though, as current maintainer showed no interest in it for quite
some time.

> This will just add to additional churn further down the road.

I don't see how command-line-only with little dependencies causes
any trouble, esp. that it's still useful to people.

> If you want a command client we have eiskaltdcpp in ports that
> could use attention and where upstream is still active.

I'm well aware of EiskaltDC++ and brushed it up couple of years ago.
I'll see if it needs some love again, thank you.  Upstream aliveness
is the least of my concern for any project, FWIW, only its working
state and usefulness.

> hhttp://corsair626.no-ip.org/ doesn't even resolve so why is it
> still kept?

No particular reason, maybe just to keep the commit diff cleaner.

> There also seems to be additional bugs regarding this software
> looking at https://bugs.gentoo.org/360631

Yeah, there are a few patches on my plate that I need to review
and perhaps add to this valuable and otherwise working fine port.

./danfe