From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 19 18:38:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B274316A4CE; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:38:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta7.pltn13.pbi.net (mta7.pltn13.pbi.net [64.164.98.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94BDD43D76; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:38:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (5de16b40cd8a7a57d3bb68609927e98c@adsl-67-119-53-203.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [67.119.53.203])i2K2cTE7004683; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:38:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 78FB452145; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:38:28 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:38:28 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: linimon@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20040320023828.GA20709@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200403200121.i2K1L7c7093726@lonesome.lonesome.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="zhXaljGHf11kAtnf" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200403200121.i2K1L7c7093726@lonesome.lonesome.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports which are currently marked deprecated X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 02:38:30 -0000 --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--