Removing documentation
Torsten Zühlsdorff
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Tue Feb 9 20:21:47 UTC 2016
On 08.02.2016 01:02, Warren Block wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Feb 2016, Torsten Zühlsdorff wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>>> You have a tool presented as "official" that hasn't had it's
>>>> original maintainer in 4 years and was only kept on life support up
>>>> until 9 months ago.
>>>
>>> Agreed, the "official" (the term used is "recommended") status is
>>> gone. But that's a reason to fix the documentation, not remove it.
>>> As I see it, we have three choices, in increasing order of
>>> desirability:
>>>
>>> 1. Remove all mention of portmaster. That's what this PR recommends.
>>> 2. Do nothing.
>>> 3. Update the documentation to indicate the current status,
>>> recommending alternatives if possible.
>>
>> Number 4 is missing: find a maintainer for it.
>>
>> I would volunteer for this. But before a real commitment i need a
>> closer look at it, which i will do next week. So please standby.
>
> Thank you.
I did take a look. I could do both: maintaining the port and maintaining
the software. What do you need? ;)
Greetings,
Torsten
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