Re: git: f4eb5cbd9c50 - main - x11/wmctrl: upstream no longer exists

From: Jason E. Hale <jhale_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 08:12:27 UTC 
On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 12:06 AM Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 07:36:59PM +0000, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
> > commit f4eb5cbd9c5087eed36da918f15ba04702004352
> >
> >   x11/wmctrl: upstream no longer exists
> >
> >   - submitter provided fork with updates
>
> Why rename the port?  `-fork' suffix serves no purpose and is just
> confusing.  Many projects change leadership during their lifetime,
> we don't reflect this in the ports' names.  Just point MASTER_SITES
> or GH_ACCOUNT to a new upstream, that's all.
>
> ./danfe

+1

The port origin probably could have remained the same, but I suppose
the change to PORTNAME was based on the uninspired rename from the new
upstream that introduced the '-fork' suffix.

- Jason