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Date:      Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:09:20 +0000
From:      utisoft@googlemail.com
To:        linimon@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD ports which are currently scheduled for deletion
Message-ID:  <0016e6d7dff8b2e67b047411fff1@google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20090921063004.8B5421CCA6@mail.droso.net>

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On 21 Sep 2009 07:30, linimon@freebsd.org wrote:
> 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 for removal because they fail to build and install

> correctly from their sources, or otherwise fail in operation.



> portname: math/scilab

> description: A free Matlab clone by INRIA & ENPC

> maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org

> deprecated because: unmaintained, many releases behind upstream (without

> anyone caring), broken nearly everywhere

> expiration date: 2009-10-19

> build errors:

> http://pointyhat.freebsd.org/errorlogs/i386-errorlogs/e.8.20090917174342/scilab-4.1.2_7.log  
> (_Sep_18_22:57:44_UTC_2009)

> overview:  
> http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=math&portname=scilab


I'll look after math/scilab, if no-one else is in the process of fixing it.  
Expect a PR fairly soon if I can....

Chris



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