Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 20:04:56 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 267185] devel/git: make PCRE2 default and remove OPTION Message-ID: <bug-267185-7788@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D267185 Bug ID: 267185 Summary: devel/git: make PCRE2 default and remove OPTION Product: Ports & Packages Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: Individual Port(s) Assignee: garga@FreeBSD.org Reporter: michael.osipov@siemens.com Flags: maintainer-feedback?(garga@FreeBSD.org) Assignee: garga@FreeBSD.org PCRE(1) has been deprecated for quite some time now and superseded by PCRE2. All users are advised to switch to it. http://pcre.org/ says: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D There are two major versions of the PCRE library. The current version, PCRE= 2, released in 2015, is now at version 10.39. The older, but still widely deployed PCRE library, originally released in 1= 997, is at version 8.45. This version of PCRE is now at end of life, and is no longer being actively maintained. Version 8.45 is expected to be the final release of the older PCRE library, and new projects should use PCRE2 instea= d. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Since Git does support PCRE2 there is no reason to stick to the old one any= more after seven years after its inception. Proposal: Remove the port option altogether and always depend on PCRE2 port --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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