Re: git: 53a487364cb3 - main - deskutils/mozo: switch to GitHub source

I was not sure how to convert it. I will remove that I have other things to
clean.

Today I was looking at your ports, and do your ports get portscout
notifications?




*Eric TurgeonFreeBSD ports committer*
www.freebsd.org


On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 5:40 PM Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@freebsd.org> wrote:

> Hello Eric,
>
> I did noticed that you being using `USE_GITHUB=nodefault` toguether with
> MASTER_SITES for a single distribution file that cames from a static URL.
> Is there a special reason for it?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Eric Turgeon <ericbsd@freebsd.org> escreveu (quinta, 28/05/2026 à(s)
> 12:54):
>
>> I get that, the only thing is I rarely use the ports handbook nowadays.
>> ALso for the GitHub part I would never read that since I am used to using
>> it.
>>
>> I have started to convert them to use the assets.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Eric TurgeonFreeBSD ports committer*
>> www.freebsd.org
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 8:26 AM Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@freebsd.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I converted all ports that I could to use release assets when possible
>>> after waisting 3 months convincing around 50 GH upstream projects to
>>> provide release assets.
>>> Again, this reccomendation is from GH itself and it is present on
>>> Porter's Handbook as a warning so people can see it and, hopefully, follow
>>> it.
>>>
>>> I converted 2 MATE ports like that in the past, and no one pointed that
>>>> out to me.
>>>>
>>>> The docs I am removing are the gtk-doc API reference manual. If FreeBSD
>>>> wants to keep that in, I can remove them on the GhostBSD side.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Eric TurgeonFreeBSD ports committer*
>>>> www.freebsd.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>> --
>>> Nuno Teixeira
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>>>
>>
>
> --
> Nuno Teixeira
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