Re: Update or delete port, how to decide?

In reply to: Stephen Roznowski : "Update or delete port, how to decide?"
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From: DutchDaemon - FreeBSD Forums Administrator <DutchDaemon_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 15:45:41 UTC

On 28/06/2023 17:40, Stephen Roznowski wrote:
> I recently got an email from the package building machine (14-current) 
> about a port (mail/xmail) that I created quite a number of years ago 
> that no longer wants to build.
>
> Is there a way to tell if anyone is still using it so I can figure out 
> if I want to invest the time in a major update to the port, or whether 
> it should just be removed.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Roznowski
Other than analyzing download stats from 
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/x11/x.org/contrib/applications/xmail_1.6.tar.gz 
there is really not much else to go on.