On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:57:10 +0200 Matthias Andree <mand...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > I understand that keeping unchanging software can sometimes be > necessary, if you're working around its quirks. > > At the same time I'd like to discourage new installations of dead > software so that it disappears over time, rather than haunt fresh > systems.
That makes perfect sense, yes. > How about if we added a new tag "OBSOLESCENT" or so that permits > building the software only if it's already installed but refuses new > installations? Of course there could be a switch to override that, > like TRYBROKEN that can override BROKEN= tags. You had me on the edge of my seat for a while there, talking about removing my beloved procmail. Now this suggestion I could easily live with. :-) > I'm not sure if it's feasible for packages (but OBSOLESCENT could > imply "do not package") but for ports it would be possible. I like it. :-) -- Conrad J. Sabatier conr...@cox.net _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
