Re: git: 5feb981a289a - main - editors/markmywords: new port had been added (+)

From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree_at_tu-dortmund.de>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 11:43:58 UTC
Am 28.12.25 um 12:13 schrieb Alexey Dokuchaev:
> On Sun, Dec 28, 2025 at 11:57:36AM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote:
>> Am 28.12.25 um 11:56 schrieb Alexey Dokuchaev:
>>> On Sun, Dec 28, 2025 at 11:47:01AM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote:
>>>> Am 28.12.25 um 09:36 schrieb Alexey Dokuchaev:
>>>>> commit 5feb981a289a21dc7df903c04da2019417d7ef8e
>>>>>
>>>>>        editors/markmywords: new port had been added (+)
>>>>>        Minimal markdown editor around WebKitGTK, written in Vala.
>>>>>        WWW: https://github.com/voldyman/MarkMyWords
>>>> Can you please stop adding new abandonware to the ports tree?
>>>> [...]
>>>> It's not as if we didn't have enough markdown editors already.
>>> I'm currently searching for a good one and haven't found such yet.
>>> On that note, I don't think we should limit our users and let them
>>> decide and pick what suits them best.
>> Please add a DEPRECATED= dead upstream, letting people looking for editors
>> know that they're about to mount a dead horse.
> I don't buy this mounting a dead horse argument.  It builds against current
> dependencies we have in the ports tree, it works as intended, doesn't crash,
> and edits my markdown files just fine.  It implements most of the author's
> intended features; there is a couple of minor issues, mostly cosmetic, which
> I plan to fix as time permits.  A piece of software doesn't have to keep
> making new releases every six weeks to remain useful.
>
> ./danfe

"A couple of minor issues" raises the question:

How many open security holes does it install because it hasn't been 
tended to and due diligence is obviously missing?

-- 
Matthias Andree