Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:40:50 +0100 From: Beat Gaetzi <beat@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Why delete KDE3 ports? Message-ID: <50EB16B2.4070502@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <50EADA33.9010308@aldan.algebra.com> References: <mailman.202.1357547625.2166.freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> <50EADA33.9010308@aldan.algebra.com>
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On 01/07/13 15:22, Mikhail T. wrote: > On 07.01.2013 03:33, freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org wrote: >> portname: accessibility/kdeaccessibility description: >> Accessibility applications for KDE maintainer:ports@FreeBSD.org >> deprecated because: Depends on QT3; unmaintained expiration date: >> 2013-07-01 build errors: none. >> overview:http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=accessibility&portname=kdeaccessibility >> > >> Once again a working port (no build errors) is scheduled for deletion on > the grounds of simply being "unmaintained". QT 3.3.8 was released in 2007 and KDE 3.5.10 in 2008 and both are no longer maintained upstream nor in the ports tree. They possibly contain security vulnerabilities and they likely will break in the future if a build or lib dependency gets updated as they assume a 5 year old environment. The deprecation period was set to 6 month to give someone the opportunity to update QT3 and KDE3 to the Trinity fork and I'm happy to offer exp-runs (once the clusters are back) if someone has patches but I don't see a reason why we should keep pointyhat busy (during exp-runs and frequent QA runs) with something that is outdated and mostly unmaintained for years now, prone to break and possibly insecure. Beat > Please, reconsider deleting this and other KDE-3 ports. > > -mi
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