From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 5 18:03:32 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DD2516A584 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 18:03:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erwin@mail.droso.net) Received: from mail.droso.net (koala.droso.net [193.88.12.38]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1436B13C46C for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 18:03:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erwin@mail.droso.net) Received: by mail.droso.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1C76E1CC28; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 19:03:31 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 19:03:31 +0100 From: FreeBSD portmgr secretary To: ports@FreeBSD.org, stable@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20070105180330.GU16049@droso.net> Mail-Followup-To: ports@FreeBSD.org, stable@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="V/VNt6jARIhH3MER" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Cc: Subject: HEADS UP: FreeBSD ports 4.11 EoL coming soon 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: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:03:32 -0000 --V/VNt6jARIhH3MER Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On January 31st, FreeBSD 4.11 and earlier releases will have reached its End of Life dates and will no longer be supported by the FreeBSD Ports Team. Users are encouraged to upgrade to FreeBSD 6.1, or the upcoming FreeBSD 6.2 release. Packages for binary installations will no longer be built for FreeBSD 4.11. Building ports from source will no longer be supported and will no longer be tested on the pointyhat cluster. Additionally, INDEX will not be built anymore and available for the 'make fetchindex' target. Patches for individual ports specific for their functioning on FreeBSD 4.11 may be accepted at the maintainers digression, but ports will not be required to be marked BROKEN or IGNORE if they do not build or run. The FreeBSD 6.X branch, which is a stable and mature platform, is the 'reference' FreeBSD branch for the Ports Collection. We again wish to strongly encourage users to upgrade to this branch. -erwin Portmgr secratary --=20 Erwin Lansing http://droso.org Security is like an onion. (o_ _o) It's made up of several layers \\\_\ /_/// erwin@FreeBSD.org And it makes you cry. <____) (____> erwin@aauug.dk --V/VNt6jARIhH3MER Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFnpLyefbgcXQUYpwRAnVyAJ9qmIJBC26TmfpV62Btrz5yFfKwrACgkqWE 5D1hH179OhvQsDnfcesLjwY= =8av4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --V/VNt6jARIhH3MER--