Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 13:22:51 +1000 From: Kubilay Kocak <koobs@FreeBSD.org> To: marino@freebsd.org, Matthias Andree <mandree@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r389117 - head/databases/db48 Message-ID: <5578FF0B.9060902@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <55788222.2090909@marino.st> References: <201506101808.t5AI8akA072276@svn.freebsd.org> <55788222.2090909@marino.st>
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On 11/06/2015 4:29 AM, John Marino wrote: > On 6/10/2015 20:08, Matthias Andree wrote: >> Author: mandree >> Date: Wed Jun 10 18:08:35 2015 >> New Revision: 389117 >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/389117 >> >> Log: >> Bump expiration date. >> >> Modified: >> head/databases/db48/Makefile >> >> Modified: head/databases/db48/Makefile >> ============================================================================== >> --- head/databases/db48/Makefile Wed Jun 10 18:03:50 2015 (r389116) >> +++ head/databases/db48/Makefile Wed Jun 10 18:08:35 2015 (r389117) >> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ COMMENT= The Berkeley DB package, revisi >> DEPRECATED= Please migrate to db5 or db6 >> # The port is not to be removed unless the bitcoin-related ports can >> # go without this. >> -EXPIRATION_DATE= 2015-05-31 >> +EXPIRATION_DATE= 2015-07-31 >> > > As a ramification, can you set DEPRECATED and EXPIRATION_DATE=2015-07-31 > for all the bitcoin-related ports that refuse to transition off of db48? > This port expiration has been extended several times, so why would > these bitcoin ports feel the need to change? The maintainers know it > will just get extended again. > > John > Maintainers don't change anything because they can't change anything (without breaking everything that *coin relies on to work). Setting the expiration in the first place is the only reason why it's had to be extended, not crafty maintainers. ./koobs
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