On Mon, Oct 26, 2026, at 05:07, Harry Schmalzbauer wrote: >> he branch main has been updated by diizzy: >> >> URL:https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/? >> id=6ea8a98a6540238635dd56b9ebecf3f3bacdeed6 >> >> commit 6ea8a98a6540238635dd56b9ebecf3f3bacdeed6 >> Author: Daniel Engberg<[email protected]> >> AuthorDate: 2026-10-26 05:40:44 +0000 >> Commit: Daniel Engberg<[email protected]> >> CommitDate: 2026-10-26 06:34:32 +0000 >> >> x11/budgie: Remove from tree >> >> Broken for more than 5 months in tree without any PRs submitted >> >> Removes Budgie desktop and related ports > > > I'd like to strongly express that I think this is not a proper way to > manage the FreeBSD port tree in this case (especially in this case, not > only though...). > > To my understanding there's the BROKEN flag available in the ports > framework, which perfectly matches here and should have been set as a > first measure.
You are correct. It should not have been removed the way it was. It should be put back and marked BROKEN. > If for some unknown reason removing other's work makes live easier for > ports tree people@freeebsd, mark it for removal (deprecate) at the same > time, before nuking this port. Agreed. -- Dan Langille [email protected]
