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[88.105.96.80]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id s83sm1519497wms.16.2021.04.08.19.42.48 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 08 Apr 2021 19:42:48 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Deprecation of portsnap, and use of portsnap To: FreeBSD Questions References: From: Graham Perrin Message-ID: <16a1867d-7bcd-d2b0-954a-c04047606a97@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2021 03:42:48 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-GB X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4FGj966jqNz3NwP X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=WensSRbN; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of grahamperrin@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:4864:20::42c as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=grahamperrin@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.80 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2a00:1450:4000::/36]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[88.105.96.80:received]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[2a00:1450:4864:20::42c:from]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2a00:1450::/32, country:US]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[2a00:1450:4864:20::42c:from:127.0.2.255]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.20)[0.202]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2a00:1450:4864:20::42c:from]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2021 02:42:51 -0000 On 07/04/2021 18:42, Michael Sierchio wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 9:22 AM Graham Perrin > wrote: > > On 07/04/2021 16:02, doug@safeport.com > wrote: > > > … I assume EOL for portsnap is in the near future. … > > I should not expect deprecation until some time after the final > RELEASE > of 12.⋯ reaches end of life. > > > > >> > > as a reminder that "… 11.x and 12.x will have it of course, …". > > (I have seen some confusion from premature declarations that portsnap > _is_ deprecated.) > > > in case I'm missing something, or in case this isn't obvious, > Deprecated does not mean EOL.  Deprecated is a declaration that usage > is discouraged, and that support will be withdrawn in the future.  In > which case, use portsnap is deprecated. Yes and no. Re: the presence and planned/prospective removal of portsnap, please see (for example) . Re: use of portsnap, .