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Date:      Tue, 29 May 2012 21:28:48 +0800
From:      Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Martin Wilke <miwi@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        skreuzer@FreeBSD.org, python@freebsd.org, Ruslan Mahmatkhanov <cvs-src@yandex.ru>, zope@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [PATCH] python2.4 removal zope and zope211 affected
Message-ID:  <20120529132848.GA11999@FreeBSD.cs.nctu.edu.tw>
In-Reply-To: <20120529070211.1308b19d.miwi@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20120528174458.5300cfbd.miwi@FreeBSD.org> <4FC3B25A.2020004@yandex.ru> <CAKBkRUxb-o1a0CH1eO7Sp31ZMmfEuOe6SuJK0p5Y7CB=cqOfMg@mail.gmail.com> <20120529070211.1308b19d.miwi@FreeBSD.org>

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On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 07:02:11 +0800, Martin Wilke wrote:
> On Tue, 29 May 2012 02:51:23 +0800
> Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 1:14 AM, Ruslan Mahmatkhanov
> > <cvs-src@yandex.ru> wrote:
> > > Hi, Martin,
> > >
> > > Martin Wilke wrote on 28.05.2012 13:44:
> > >
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> Finally I'm working on to remove python 24 from the ports tree,
> > >> and the reasons are clear. Support was dropped by 2008, and there
> > >> are a lot of unpatched security holes. We have warned about this
> > >> since 2 years ago, and now I will really take action to drop it
> > >> from the ports tree.
> > >
> > > I have no objections, but know people that do :). I ever know
> > > FreeBSD committer that using old zope.
> > 
> > I apologies jumping to conclusion too quick, and totally forget about
> > setting DEPRECATED thing.  I agree to set it as an official
> > announcement, and we can wait another month, I believe this is the
> > final time of postpone.
> 
> Nope, we have already mention that ever and ever and ever again, this
> time i dont do that where a problem with that is this time not mine,
> the python@ histroy can prove that. I wont postpone it again!!!!
> 
> > 
> > > We have only three ports, that wish exactly python 2.4 version:
> > >
> > > net/honeyd (skreuzer@FreeBSD.org)
> 
> I wrote him yesterday a mail. no reply, but just in case that port can
> live without python 24
> 
> > > www/zope   (estartu@augusta.de)
> > > www/zope211 (estartu@augusta.de)
> > 
> > miwi has written a mail to estartu@augusta.de, I am not sure about if
> > skreuzer (CC'd)
> > know this plan.

I do not strongly object about removing without setting DEPRECATED, but
we will wait for these two maintainer reply or maintainer timeout, right?
We just notified them yesterday.

When do you plan to commit your patch?

-- 
Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu@FreeBSD.org>
http://lwhsu.org



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