Though I haven't been using archie,

> Is anyone actively using archie or xarchie?

Hmm, the server list included in the distribution is so much
outdated...  Few servers exist.  I found two of them are
still available.

archie.iij.ad.jp
ftp.riken.go.jp

> It seems that there are no archie servers operated anymore, so that
> these pkgs are probably mootware, and it could be considered to remove
> them from pkgsrc.

So, we still support very old architectures (even more and
more support are added when new versions are released ;-)
It'd be a good thing to support these applications unless
serious security problems are found on them.

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