From owner-freebsd-bugbusters@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 15 20:19:33 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugbusters@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D5E31065672 for ; Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:19:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E99F88FC0A for ; Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:19:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iagz16 with SMTP id z16so3823221iag.13 for ; Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:19:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=RVkNZbKhPze0xXExih10Nn4ad/wbC57Xbn52qwzTS6s=; b=jttTT7/tyq/Yd594j0WRM4M14uehfCTyr4neZek/Kq6k7Z76i8stAKLmNCdib3IXoT Epn+lnP243IA4Qeu+KbneaNoz+QYyZC0gmEDOS+LVdRHBt/poUF2SL9undHn1NuKtmlb q4xonDYCT/ISKCD1Ez0lz+TKgYpv1mFOXBIqA= Received: by 10.50.46.196 with SMTP id x4mr10002300igm.15.1326658772318; Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:19:32 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.207.7 with HTTP; Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:19:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F11E1BA.2010404@freebsd.org> References: <4F11E1BA.2010404@freebsd.org> From: Chris Rees Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:19:01 +0000 Message-ID: To: vwe@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Mark Linimon , freebsd-bugbusters@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gnats port disappeared?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugbusters@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Coordination of the Problem Report handling effort." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:19:33 -0000 On 14 January 2012 20:12, wrote: > Hi Chris! > On 01/14/12 17:41, Chris Rees wrote: >> >> Hey Mark, >> >> Got a bit of a shock: >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/databases/gnats/Attic/Makefi= le >> >> Did you know about this? =A0It's innocent and reasonable, but possibly a >> mistake. >> >> I was going to prepare a patch for GNATS so it didn't get confused by >> subjects like >> >> Fwd: Re: ports/152537: [patch] database/postgresql90-server no longer >> needs >> >> Would there be interest in such a patch? =A0Would you like the port >> resurrected, or should I just let you use a local copy? > > > Latest databases/gnats Makefile had this for a while before removal of th= e > port: > > FORBIDDEN=3D =A0 =A0 =A0Security issues > DEPRECATED=3D =A0 =A0 ${FORBIDDEN} > EXPIRATION_DATE=3D =A0 =A0 =A0 =A02011-09-30 > > So it's clearly not a mistake, but a portsmgr decision. > > Also everything else has to be decided by portsmgr but a port with unfixe= d > security issues over a long period of time seems a good candidate to be > removed. Yes, thank you, I did review the change history ;) I saw that dougb had given the port an expiry as part of a large commit, and miwi had removed it as part of another large commit. Innocent actions, but the history indicated it was swept away as collateral, rather than portmgr approved. Chris