From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 10 11:06:45 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1EEF106566C; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:06:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amdmi3@amdmi3.ru) Received: from smtp.timeweb.ru (smtp.timeweb.ru [92.53.116.57]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5673D8FC16; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:06:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [213.148.20.85] (helo=hive.panopticon) by smtp.timeweb.ru with esmtpsa (TLSv1:CAMELLIA256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1ROSSs-0007pb-69; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:06:38 +0400 Received: from hades.panopticon (hades.panopticon [192.168.0.32]) by hive.panopticon (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7259B84D; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:06:37 +0400 (MSK) Received: by hades.panopticon (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D509FB823; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:06:37 +0400 (MSK) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:06:37 +0400 From: Dmitry Marakasov To: Baptiste Daroussin Message-ID: <20111110110637.GA3514@hades.panopticon> References: <20111109124325.17efc0d1.stas@deglitch.com> <20111109222435.GD92221@azathoth.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20111109222435.GD92221@azathoth.lan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Stanislav Sedov Subject: Re: Recent ports removal X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:06:45 -0000 * Baptiste Daroussin (bapt@FreeBSD.org) wrote: > > I noticed the following in the commit log: > > % > > % Modified files: > > % . MOVED > > % devel Makefile > > % graphics Makefile > > % Removed files: > > % devel/soup Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist > > % devel/soup/files patch-Makefile.in patch-configure > > % patch-docs::reference::Makefile.in > > % patch-soup-0.7.11-gcc41 > > % patch-src_libsoup_soup-message.c > > % patch-src_libwsdl_wsdl-soap-memory.c > > % patch-src_libwsdl_wsdl-soap-parse.c > > % patch-src_libwsdl_wsdl-typecodes.c > > % graphics/clutter-qt Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist > > % graphics/librsvg Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist > > % graphics/librsvg/files patch-Makefile.in patch-configure > > % patch-librsvg-config.in patch-rsvg-ft.c > > % patch-test-ft-gtk.c patch-test-ft.c > > % graphics/p5-clutter Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist > > % Log: > > % 2011-11-06 devel/soup: Unmaintain, use devel/libsoup > > % 2011-11-06 graphics/clutter-qt: upstream distfile and doesn't build, and %doesn't seem to be developed anymore > > % 2011-11-06 graphics/p5-clutter: upstream distfile disappeard, and doesn't seem to be developed anymore > > % 2011-11-06 graphics/librsvg: unmaintained and not used anymore > > > > I just cannot get the commit message. librsvg -- not used by whom? Personally, > > I used it in one of my older projects (~ 10 years old) which I don't plan > > to rework to use rsvg2/gtk2 because it doesn't make sense for it. So how > > do I use my project now on FreeBSD? > > > > It's also a lie that it's not maintained, it's maintained by ports@ mailing > > list and the community. So please, restore it. > > > > The same also probably goes for other ports, but I don't have enough details > > to comment. > > > > Thanks! > > > > They have been deprecated for a while and noone said anything about those, that > is the purpose of the DEPRECATED status. The "not used anymore" mean not used in Why should we go through it again and again? If it's not broken, it's useable, you may not remove it, period. > the portstree (ie no more depended on). Most of the portstree is leaf ports, now what? > If someone really needs it, he can: What we need is to not have to do extra work and to not have extra noise on the maillist because someone does unneeded things. I really don't want to call that vandalism. -- Dmitry Marakasov . 55B5 0596 FF1E 8D84 5F56 9510 D35A 80DD F9D2 F77D amdmi3@amdmi3.ru ..: jabber: amdmi3@jabber.ru http://www.amdmi3.ru