Re: Regarding port(s) you maintain in FreeBSD ports collection

From: Michael Gmelin <freebsd_at_grem.de>
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2021 19:27:01 UTC

> On 7. Nov 2021, at 20:06, Dan Mahoney (Ports) <freebsd@gushi.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This caused me some headscratching (wait, is my port here but not in the list?  Am I mailed because a port here is a dependency of my port?)
> 
> I’ve concluded that instead I’m receiving this mail because you sent it to the entire ports mailing list.  Am I wrong?

At least one of the affected ports is maintained by ports@ (=unmaintained).

-m


> 
>> On Nov 7, 2021, at 7:04 AM, Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> You're receiving this mail because you have one or more ports that are affected by the change proposed in https://reviews.freebsd.org/D32880 .
>> What it means is that listed ports will be removed after 2022-03-31 unless you as a maintainer disagree and can provide reasonable argument why your port(s) shouldn't be removed.
>> The regular timeout for maintainer feedback (2 weeks) will apply as listed in Porter's Handbook however if you can reply please do as soon as possible.
>> 
>> I would also like to thank you for maintaining ports on the FreeBSD ports tree.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Daniel