Re: Minio -> Silo Fork

From: Moin Rahman <bofh_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:51:52 UTC

> On Jul 7, 2026, at 23:49, vermaden <vermaden@interia.pl> wrote:
> 
> Hi.
> 
> Just curious ... not sure this is the 'right' ML but I will try anyway.
> 
> The current 'Minio' port at 'www/minio' is sentenced to death (DEPRECATED/EXPIRATION: 2026-12-31).
> 
> But 'Minio' has been forked and resurrected as 'Silo':
> - https://blog.vonng.com/en/db/minio-resurrect/
> - https://silo.pigsty.io/
> 
> Even the web admin interface has been bring back.
> 
> Is there some initiative to have 'Silo' instead of 'Minio' in the FreeBSD Ports?
> 
> Thanks,
> vermaden
> 
> 

This is more of a ports@ mail.

As the maintainer I do not want to follow that path.

If you want to take over the maintainership of minio and do the changes please
submit a bug report for maintainership change. Once I change the maintainership
feel free to do whatever you like with that migration.

Kind regards,
Moin