On 28 Jan 2014, at 16:28, Julian H. Stacey <j...@berklix.com> wrote: > Hi po...@freebsd.org > I'm looking for ports/math/hexcalc or replacement it dissapeared after > 8.2-RELEASE, it's not in http://www.freebsd.org/ports/math.html > > How should one find: > Why it dissapeared ? > (eg maybe it just lacked a maintainer & I have to re-port it? Or ... ? > What to replace it with ? > > A few days ago I tried tracing another port > (demime) & ploughed through loads of svnweb pages, dividing by 2 > until I found exactly the revision when demime had been removed, > but even there no hint why removed or what to use instead. > ( Eventually I used emil instead of demime. ) > > After upgrade, recovering abandoned ports is a chore, > What - if any - generalised pointer mechanism, does FreeBSD have > for providing a hint of Why a port was deleted, & what to use instead.
Try: grep demime /usr/ports/MOVED which will give: mail/demime||2011-12-28|Has expired: No upstream development since 2007 -Dimitry
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