Re: Bringing back lang/python27 with few modules?

From: Kurt Jaeger <pi_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 09:54:18 UTC
Hi!

> > > > Removing Iridium was a really bad step.

> > > To all of those that keep complaining that Iridium got removed:
> > > feel free to bring it back and maintain it.

> > They were removed by you because they depended on python 2.7,
> > so has the policy changed ? Can it be brought back ?

> > 2020-12-31 www/iridium: Uses Python 2.7 which is EOLed upstream

> Ah, of course, as a Chromium clone it also needs Python 2.7 for now.
> That policy hasn't changed (not at large), but I can imagine a few
> exceptions.

So, did the policy change ? Would bringing back Iridium be OK ?

What about palemoon ?

Yes, I now, it's annoying to nag portmgr@ about it, but having
some options for browsers is worth the unpureness of the ports tree 8-)

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