Re: Proposed ports deprecation and removal policy

In message <864jdrzcov.fsf@ltc.des.dev>, =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?
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rites:
> Florian Smeets <flo@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > Ports can be removed immediately if one of the following conditions is me=
> t:
> >
> > - Upstream distfile is no longer available from the original
> >   source/mirror (Our and other distcaches e.g. Debian, Gentoo, etc do
> >   not count as "available")
>
> Strong disagree, give the maintainer a chance to find an alternate
> mirror or self-host.

+1

>
> > - Upstream WWW is unavailable: deprecate, remove after 3 months
>
> That's the opposite of immediate removal
>
> > - BROKEN for more than 6 months
>
> Agree but that's hardly immediate
>
> > - has known vulnerabilities that weren=E2=80=99t addressed in the ports t=
> ree
> >   for more than 3 months
>
> Agree but that's hardly immediate
>
> DES
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> Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@FreeBSD.org
>


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