Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:38:28 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: linimon@FreeBSD.org Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports which are currently marked deprecated Message-ID: <20040320023828.GA20709@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200403200121.i2K1L7c7093726@lonesome.lonesome.com> References: <200403200121.i2K1L7c7093726@lonesome.lonesome.com>
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--zhXaljGHf11kAtnf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 07:21:07PM -0600, linimon@FreeBSD.org wrote: > (Sorry for the repost; this one gets the deprecation labels right.) >=20 > As part of an ongoing effort to reduce the number of problems in the > FreeBSD ports system, we periodically schedule removal of ports > that have been judged to have outlived their usefulness. Often, > this is due to a better alternative having become available and/or > the cessation of development on the existing port. In some cases, > ports are marked deprecated because they fail to build and install > correctly from their sources, or otherwise fail in operation. >=20 > The ports, and the reason and date that they have been scheduled > for deletion, are listed below. If no one has stepped forward > before that time to propose a way to fix the problems, the ports > will be deleted. I'd suggest hanging this off EXPIRATION_DATE instead; some ports are marked DEPRECATED to indicate they should probably not be used (e.g. there's a better alternative or newer version), but there is currently no timeline for removing them. Kris --zhXaljGHf11kAtnf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAW66kWry0BWjoQKURAhIkAKDveweVoK60CwmKC3DmYxLTzde0uwCfdA1l 5XqgIujJZoJbEwt4IJGNUJs= =nCIA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zhXaljGHf11kAtnf--
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