FreeBSD ports which are currently scheduled for deletion

[Tijl Coosemans]

On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:57:48 -0400 Mikhail T. wrote:
> On 08.04.2014 08:00, freebsd-ports-request at freebsd.org wrote:
>> If people are using a port, then I would agree it should be kept
>> regardless of maintainer status. But that doesn't mean keeping
>> everything forever as long as it compiles.
> Why not? Why not "keep everything forever as long as it compiles"? Where
> is this idea coming from, that stuff must be continuously updated to be
> considered usable?

It doesn't have to be updated continuously, but it has to be used.
Keeping a port requires effort.  It needs to be kept up to date with
infrastructural changes (like staging) and if nobody is using the port
that's just a waste of effort.