Why was the ventrilo-server port removed?

Baptiste Daroussin bapt at freebsd.org
Wed Jun 5 17:03:35 UTC 2013


On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 07:25:28AM -0500, Bob Willcox wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 04:28:38PM -0700, Xin Li wrote:
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> > On 06/04/13 14:34, Bob Willcox wrote:
> > > I just noticed that the port for audio/ventrilo-server has been
> > > removed.  The 'depricated because' reason says "No more public
> > > distfiles", yet as far as I can tell the distfile for the freebsd
> > > version is still available from www.ventrilo.com. It requires a
> > > manual download as you have to accept the license agreement, but I
> > > don't think that has changed from when I first downloaded it.
> > > 
> > > So, anyone know if there some other reason for its removal?
> > 
> > I think it's marked DEPRECATED in r317244 (bapt@) a month ago and then
> > removed.  Are you interested in maintaining the port?
> 
> I'd be willing to. I don't think anything for it has changed. The distfile is
> still available at the same location. I still run it and don't see any issues
> with it.
> 
> Bob

I have restored the port and set you as a maintainer.

regards,
Bapt
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