Re: Why do packages disappear?

When I say 'disappear', I mean this:


root@metatron:~ # date
Tue Nov 21 12:41:35 PST 2023

root@metatron:~ # ls -d /usr/ports/*/*google*chrom*
/usr/ports/www/ungoogled-chromium

root@metatron:~ # pkg search ungoogled-chromium
root@metatron:~ #


It would be nice if packages didn't disappear and reappear. Can't we 
just save the last successful build?


~richard


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On 11/21/23 07:39, Richard Childers wrote:
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> I was using ungoogled-chromium and I had 60+ tabs that I can now not 
> get back because ungoogled-chromium has been withdrawn from circulation.
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> why are these packages appearing and disappearing? If it's a package, 
> it's supposed to be good enough to public use. The experimental stuff 
> is supposed to stay in the ports section, not be promoted to packages.
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> FreeBSD used to hold itself to a higher standard than Linux; it stood 
> for STABILITY. Linux stood for EXPERIMENTATION.
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> What happened? Is FreeBSD being run by college kids now?
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> The quality of FreeBSD needs to be detached from the class projects 
> you're working on to graduate. That's what Linux is for, in my opinion.
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> FreeBSD user since 1994.
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> ~richard
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