Dead projects in ports tree
Robert Huff
roberthuff at rcn.com
Sat Feb 28 18:33:19 PST 2009
perryh at pluto.rain.com writes:
> > multimedia/openquicktime - no movement in CVS / SVN for 1+ years;
> > no releases in the past 3 years
>
> This strikes me as slim evidence on which to seek a death sentence :)
>
> While I can't testify to the usefulness of this particular port,
> the fact that something has not changed in a long time could just
> as well mean that it does its job well -- and thus does not need
> to be updated -- as that it is no longer useful.
Are there criteria - or even guidelines - for when a port
should be reaped?
Robert Huff
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