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Hi everybody, since it's been quiet for a while, I'll do my best to annoy you all as usual. Some consideration about the current CLC port tree and related topics: [*** unmaintained ***] Some time ago we discussed about a possible removal of the /unmaintained collection; I suggest to open up the previous to casual contributors and not-so-tested ports, in an effort to unify the many spotted httpup collections. The 'new' unmaintained collection would of course be totally unsupported, and be separate from /contrib. This could be done in other ways than cvs, if needed.(httpup hack?) [*** mea culpa ***] I'm ditching my httpup repository. I'll try to: - transfer the useful ports into /contrib - remove duplicate ports - trash the one I rarely use (Who cares, you'll say) As a CLC maintainer I found that having a separate repository often ends up with duplicated ports, de-centralization, etc. Additionally It's quite common for me (as for many others I suppose) to create custom ports from scratch or with slight modifications or updates of existing ports, thus adding other mess to the ports available on my system. I'm going to stop this trend, removing the unneeded ports and try to collaborate a little more with other maintainers, eventually explaining why I feel my port is an improvement. Btw, this could be easier with a more open /unmaintained collection. [*** opinions? ***] I think a global step towards stricter collaboration and centralization of ports* could improve the CRUX user experience and save precious manpower (packagerpower?). In my opinion this point is particularly important, since the CRUX community cannot count on thoushands of contributors. What do you think? Best regards, Simone -- Simone Rota WEB : http://www.varlock.com Bergamo, Italy MAIL: sip@varlock.com * Of course private httpup repos of most exotic / highly customized stuff will continue to exist.