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[Alexey Dokuchaev]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 01:57:01PM +0100, John Marino wrote:
> On 3/27/2014 13:51, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> > However, I do believe that we need to have a more formal set of rules when
> > it comes to ports deprecation (and subsequent removal), esp. given how
> > small is probation period now (typically one or two months).
> 
> why is short probation period a problem?

Because I feel that two months still lie within three sigmas, while six
months is safe enough.

> "svn revert" brings it right back if somebody cares enough to resurrect
> it. [...]
> I'd bet 99% of these nobody hears a peep about when they are gone.  For
> the remaining 1%: version control is there for them.  Resurrection is a
> sign the port is actually wanted.

Yeah, except that people are not always care to perform archaeology that
is in order when they're adding new port over previously removed (example:
`x11-themes/nimbus'; I'm still not sure what is the best way to clean this
mess up).

./danfe