sysutils/cfs

[Julian H. Stacey]

Mark Linimon wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 10:32:30PM +0200, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> > It is not responsible to threaten to remove ports without warning
> > between releases for non urgent reasons.
> 
> portmgr has no such policy.
> 
> Ports get deleted all the time due to various issues.  I prefer to see
> a 1- or 2-month warning via EXPIRATION_DATE, but that's my personal
> preference, not a written policy.
> 
> mcl

Drive by ports shootings are becoming too frequent, & will get
FreeBSD a bad name as immature & poorly managed
A solution: Ensure a policy of expiry dates expire a release after
a warning is given in a previous releases (except in emergency).

Cheers,
Julian
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