Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 12:56:24 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Martin_Waschb=C3=BCsch?= <martin@waschbuesch.de> To: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PHP version retirement Message-ID: <5EACC301-972C-4567-BE3F-04AA63333F83@waschbuesch.de> In-Reply-To: <0D48725E-744E-4AD4-9427-DD27061FDB80@kreme.com> References: <CF1F28D6-1072-4BE6-B124-A97DE43FA4E6@waschbuesch.de> <64faf143-bae3-378c-3ee2-b196c2ea4111@astart.com> <16731AF5-68E9-4E41-8D21-CF5917BE32A4@waschbuesch.de> <20190810231216.GA23293@lyxys.ka.sub.org> <CD11C7D8-DC57-4402-848C-06BBAD220D8B@waschbuesch.de> <D7D5D66C-AD53-4F2E-95E5-F0131DBC82AA@lastsummer.de> <CAP7rwcjR8SYmeJJe9KrmZRJj7qQpnjQ6N8kaqrdpDSDB4cFH6g@mail.gmail.com> <C6261FE6-1FAD-44D1-BD06-B33A0CEAAC85@waschbuesch.de> <CAP7rwcg%2B2GeMLz1a%2B-abcjNcA_-mE3B%2Bh5ovC5iU03EKiHbAZg@mail.gmail.com> <2DE6652A-86FF-4F07-9F8D-97E845D41E41@waschbuesch.de> <0D48725E-744E-4AD4-9427-DD27061FDB80@kreme.com>
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> Am 13.08.2019 um 08:13 schrieb @lbutlr <kremels@kreme.com>: >=20 > On 12 Aug 19, at 01:04 , Martin Waschb=C3=BCsch = <martin@waschbuesch.de> wrote: >> So, I find it wrong to say, as I understood you, to remove a package = from the ports tree because otherwise others people, for instance users = of FreeBSD, would have the *expectation* of receiving support for those = packages. >=20 > There is not expectation that any code is being maintained, but there = *IS* an expectation that the software in ports is being maintained, = supported, and is functional. Agreed. But in which areas would you expect there to be problems for a package = that was working up date x, got security and bug fixes until date x and = the actual source code of which will not change after date x? The only things that come to my mind are changes in packages it depends = on or changes in the base os.=
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