Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 17:53:39 +0100 (CET) From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r522857 - head/lang/gcc7 Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.21.2001131222380.3725@anthias.pfeifer.com> In-Reply-To: <20200113092644.GB21954@lonesome.com> References: <202001130606.00D669Q9059822@repo.freebsd.org> <20200113092644.GB21954@lonesome.com>
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On Mon, 13 Jan 2020, Mark Linimon wrote: >> Deprecate this port since GCC 7 has been end-of-lifed upstream two >> months ago > fwiw I believe the following still require it (and fail on later > versions): > > devel/xtensa-esp32-elf > graphics/bugle Yes, this is why I have deprecated lang/gcc7, but do not plan to expire it before those two have been addressed. ;-) This is similar to what we have done with lang/gcc6 which lost its sole consumer a few weeks ago and is marked for expiration only now after having been deprecated for quite a while. Makes sense? Gerald PS: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.html#dads-deprecated saying "It is possible to set DEPRECATED without an EXPIRATION_DATE (for instance, recommending a newer version of the port)" has inspired me here.
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