[MacPorts] #39022: thunderbird-x11 port deletion

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#39022: thunderbird-x11 port deletion
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  Reporter:  ionic@…          |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  enhancement      |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Low              |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports            |    Version:
Resolution:                   |   Keywords:
      Port:  thunderbird-x11  |
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Comment (by larryv@…):

 Replying to [comment:4 egall@…]:
 > Yeah, I agree that it's an issue that the port never gets updated, but
 > assuming that that's the problem, the conclusion I'd draw would be
 > that someone should just finally get around to actually updating the
 > port, ''not'' that it should be deleted entirely.

 Since it was created five years ago, this port has seen all of
 [[log:trunk/dports/mail/thunderbird-x11|six commits]] and
 [[query:port~=thunderbird-x11|seven tickets]] since it was created.
 Precisely [[changeset:54961|one of those commits]] has been a version
 bump. The problem is not that this port (and [[ticket:39023|firefox-x11]]
 and [[ticket:39024|firefox-x11-devel]]) happens to be horrendously
 outdated; the problem is that //no one cares about it//. This is fine for
 trivial Python and Perl modules that take little effort to update, but not
 for a large and involved port like this one, which will in all likelihood
 //always// be horrendously outdated.

 If you want to submit an update patch or assume maintainership, that would
 be fine and good. Otherwise, it’s rather insolent of you to flippantly
 assert that “someone” should waste their free time fixing a port that
 neither they nor anyone else gives a fig about.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39022#comment:6>
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