Re: Heads-up: Pending removal of 'Created by' from the ports tree

From: Muhammad Moinur Rahman <bofh_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2022 13:27:50 UTC

> On 5 Jul 2022, at 15:16, Tobias C. Berner <tcberner@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> Moin moin
> 
> portmgr is intending to remove all occurrences of 'Created by' from the tree
> by the end of this quarter [1].
> 
> This is done to honor those that are actively maintaining the ports tree and
> not those that were there before it was cool.
> 
> The ports tree is the product of all the contributors and committers
> maintaining it currently. If you want your name reflected as contributor, then
> MAINTAINER is what you need to be. No information is lost, as the original
> creators are still present in the version control system.
> 
> 
> mfg Tobias/portmgr
> 
> 
> [1] https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35023
> 

In the meantime while we are upgrading or changing our ports are we allowed to remove it?

Kind Regards,
Moin