Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:34:08 -0800 From: Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org> To: Sergei Kolobov <sergei@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cfengine vs. cfengine2 Message-ID: <4231E4A0.9050500@tetlows.org> In-Reply-To: <20050311175454.GL48918@elendil.ru> References: <20050311175454.GL48918@elendil.ru>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigF7021086B526C7375B49619E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sergei Kolobov wrote: >(sysutils/cfengine and sysutils/cfengine2 port maintainers cc'd) > >Hello, > >I would like to get your feedback on idea of deprecating cfengine port >in favour of newer cfengine2 port. > >After all, the former is at version 1.6.3, and the latest function change >was this: > >---------------------------- >revision 1.24 >date: 2002/07/29 20:47:37; author: gordon; state: Exp; lines: +1 -1 >Update cfengine MASTER_SITES > >Note this was almost 3 years ago. > >I think we could first add NO_LATEST_LINK to the cfengine port >so users can pkg_add -r cfengine to get the latest version >and then mark the port as DEPRECATED with some date - say 3 or 6 months >in the future. > > I'm happy with the NO_LATEST_LINK idea. I would prefer a nice long DEPRECATED period (6 months at least). If you would like to make these changes, please go ahead, I don't actually have a ports commit bit. >Any thoughts, objections? >Is cfengine 1.x still in use somewhere? > > The thing with cfengine is once it's setup, you leave it running forever. I believe that changing from 1.x to 2.x was very difficult which is why the old version is still around. -gordon --------------enigF7021086B526C7375B49619E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCMeSnRu2t9DV9ZfsRApaTAKDGs98FN1PoyZb/rYDYnQo0JmHR3gCgrrxP OozuSD2BeGFt+9NzG1nIZQM= =chEb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigF7021086B526C7375B49619E--
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