Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 20:34:33 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: portmgr-feedback@FreeBSD.org Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports which are currently scheduled for deletion Message-ID: <20100207203433.GA28248@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 08:30:13AM +0100, linimon@FreeBSD.org wrote: > 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: utisoft@googlemail.com > deprecated because: unmaintained, many releases behind upstream (without > anyone caring), broken nearly everywhere > expiration date: 2009-11-21 > build errors: none. > overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=math&portname=scilab Can we keep this port just a bit longer. I'll ask in the SC dept if this could be run as a UG project. It's an actively developed useful software with no clear free alternative. Shame nobody here (I mean UoB) has any fbsd skills.. anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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