Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:46:16 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Alex Dupre <ale@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Dirk Meyer <dinoex@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/graphics/libungif Makefile Message-ID: <20120217204616.GB47274@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4F3E4EDD.5080608@FreeBSD.org> References: <201202171225.q1HCPPGo024260@repoman.freebsd.org> <4F3E4CED.1050103@FreeBSD.org> <4F3E4EDD.5080608@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 01:58:05PM +0100, Alex Dupre wrote: > Doug Barton wrote: > >I admire your ambition, but there are still hundreds of ports that > >depend on libungif. They need to be changed to giflib before libungif > >can be deprecated. > > > >This (and the expiration_date) need to be backed out immediately. > > Hmmm, I don't agree with you completely. DEPRECATION seems perfectly > correct to me, the port is set deprecated so users and maintainers know > they should switch to the recommended giflib. We can argue on > EXPIRATION_DATE, I imagine that if it's set someone has patches for all > depending ports and they will be committed before that date. +1. It should be deprecated. At most, EXPIRATION_DATE could probably be extended a bit to allow every consumer to switch, but no reason to back out this commit completely. We should have one definitive (read: official) GIF provider in the Tree. ./danfe
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