Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:31:50 +0200 From: Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org> To: Robert Clausecker <fuz@fuz.su> Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 9cc1206e67a9 - main - */*: Deprecate ports and set expiration date to 2025-12-31 Message-ID: <ed77e77e-fcce-4663-ae22-8a6087056c7c@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <aO-sUlPEpJJnh3oD@fuz.su> References: <202510150411.59F4B9Mx006428@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <aO-sUlPEpJJnh3oD@fuz.su>
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On 2025-10-15 16:14, Robert Clausecker wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > A port being unmaintained is not a usual reason to deprecate and > remove it. Dead upstream would be, but that is clearly not the > case for most of them: > > - dos2ansi: last commit 7 months ago > - poser: last commit last week > - tlsc: last commit 2 years ago, perhaps ok to deprecate > - unix-selfauth-helper: last commit 2 years ago, used by several > other ports > - xmoji: last commit 5 months ago > > Please back this out. > > Yours, > Robert Clausecker > > Am Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 04:11:09AM +0000 schrieb Daniel Engberg: >> The branch main has been updated by diizzy: >> >> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=9cc1206e67a9d3c141526856bb592de94bdd4438 >> >> commit 9cc1206e67a9d3c141526856bb592de94bdd4438 >> Author: Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org> >> AuthorDate: 2025-10-13 22:33:21 +0000 >> Commit: Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org> >> CommitDate: 2025-10-15 04:09:44 +0000 >> >> */*: Deprecate ports and set expiration date to 2025-12-31 >> >> Follow up on 1b25bcd52d9cf8118a4d1e3e1fa2da85747f81d8, deprecate ports >> where committer also is upstream as these now are unmaintained >> --- >> converters/dos2ansi/Makefile | 3 +++ >> devel/poser/Makefile | 3 +++ >> security/tlsc/Makefile | 3 +++ >> security/unix-selfauth-helper/Makefile | 3 +++ >> x11/xmoji/Makefile | 3 +++ >> 5 files changed, 15 insertions(+) > So we're back to topics of bofh's talk. There are more than two months left to adopt ports of which people already have done as of writing ( converters/dos2ansi ). That being said, most using desktop env should probably be interested in adopting security/unix-selfauth-helper . Best regards, Danielhome | help
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