cvs commit: ports/x11/gcursor Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/x11/gcursor/files patch-data::gcursor.desktop.in patch-src::gcursor.c

Alexey Dokuchaev danfe at FreeBSD.org
Thu Aug 4 05:06:36 UTC 2011


On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 09:51:34PM -0700, Cy Schubert wrote:
> In message <20110804012452.GA97859 at FreeBSD.org>, Alexey Dokuchaev writes:
> > On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 08:21:04PM +0000, Cy Schubert wrote:
> > > cy          2011-08-03 20:21:04 UTC
> > > 
> > >   Removed files:
> > >     x11/gcursor          Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist 
> > >     x11/gcursor/files    patch-data::gcursor.desktop.in 
> > >                          patch-src::gcursor.c 
> > >   Log:
> > >   Gcursor is unmaintained by upline (Ubuntu).
> > 
> > I believe the standard practice is to drop maintainership, mark the port
> > as deprecated and maybe set an expiration date rather than simply delete
> > it: maybe some users still want it.
> 
> This port was deleted by bapt@ using his portmgr hat about three months ago 
> because the distfile was no longer available. I resurrected it and assumed 
> maintainership a few days ago however learning that it is no longer 
> maintained by an upline, portmgr made the right decision to delete it at 
> that time. I just reimplemented what was done three months ago.

OK, thanks for clarification.

./danfe


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