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