FreeBSD unmaintained ports which are currently scheduled for deletion

[Matthias Andree]

Am 24.08.2011 15:47, schrieb Mikhail T.:
> On -10.01.-28163 14:59, Peter Jeremy wrote:
>>>>> >>  >portname:           sysutils/cpuburn
>>>> >>  Actually, the mastersite has been discontinued by the ISP.  It
>>>> looks
>>>> >>  like it's still available elsewhere but I can't find a replacement
>>>> >>  mastersite.
>>> >
>>> >So this one is correct???
>> It seems to be - which is unfortunate.
> Can it be unbroken by using the Internet archive?
> 
>    --- Makefile    2 Aug 2011 17:03:41 -0000       1.9
>    +++ Makefile    24 Aug 2011 13:46:21 -0000
>    @@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
>      PORTVERSION=   1.4
>      CATEGORIES=    sysutils
>    -MASTER_SITES=  http://pages.sbcglobal.net/redelm/
>    +MASTER_SITES=   
> http://web.archive.org/web/20070304200856/http://pages.sbcglobal.net/redelm/
> 
>      DISTNAME=      cpuburn_${PORTVERSION:S/./_/g}
>      EXTRACT_SUFX=  _tar.gz
> 
> If so, quite a few other victims of this latest purging can be given a
> new life. Yours,

Wrong way.  Either you become or find the/a new upstream maintainer or
it gets removed.  We don't need to prolong life of otherwise dead
software.  Again, FreeBSD ports are not a museum.  For further
arguments, Chris has linked to an earlier message I'd sent.

If a port is really that important, someone can/will pick it up.