From owner-dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org Sat May 1 17:12:29 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: dev-commits-ports-all@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7744632887; Sat, 1 May 2021 17:12:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rene@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6074::16:84]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "freefall.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4FXbQP5rkYz4jwf; Sat, 1 May 2021 17:12:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rene@freebsd.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1619889149; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=FS+6P97QXz00NSUacx0HMd31xgzn2kd9O+nMjMvOy94=; b=XdDkwvPa18bvxh8kQ7u8mcquz8it+U0nVA2mBMYCvadIv+AZmErT3RGC0WSd0mmJpXQsJM Y4PNIuaAdHnMwv4AwQjo8BpOgSlwnpiNesxJLoTP0WViWPZNZGz1hXg4boyIy3p2vLqDW2 B+hnZbcHd38mHXMPlklYcagcaeh7/Z3UrIEG4skYFwnVND9KF7nAevxPMw2A+2ZnDNPSbq 1xhkxeQawlqBv5pi9NBr/tOABOqaMXJ/a4+dpoGbgdGt/iF94O6215djhztJvRgAUuikYt FAQZv8Eit/qgbyqpGzAZf0VKw6iPfp7XxKpmQjF5z+gFHX1siuvZvUIpJ9D1nQ== Received: by freefall.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 1185) id BA131A23E; Sat, 1 May 2021 17:12:29 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 1 May 2021 17:12:29 +0000 From: Rene Ladan To: Stefan Esser Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 60955c0a0956 - main - Remove expired ports: Message-ID: References: <202105011124.141BOoP0007650@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <638df252-2e88-c260-cdd0-c0261683db9f@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <638df252-2e88-c260-cdd0-c0261683db9f@freebsd.org> ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1619889149; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=FS+6P97QXz00NSUacx0HMd31xgzn2kd9O+nMjMvOy94=; b=OZY0KzidxWujbM8ip5zXXMeKTiYY/803bLbhrXQ2uX/RLVcnn6z2xCftbFDIS2Y0238tHw m8b9UbcrmurtsQCgkCAESV9JXQ5eFMXExdKuY/D6MTPb9nya1QPvfkdwYhFWWNi56wsWyu zDNvOtjp8eMRTGLVSuS91zIXajJzy3ehL4xRtfgg3RRV75963n6SwHyXih8G1fRtqyaq4m yz2XCl7GRW6maG78y785vrQIvfhZNrnypZkYpfFuKyWlN7aqtYcMCNhPRy8AK4M7U9Fb9I bIRpGaGpOvxp+PUpF1r24QtBzKNHjc2vzMtPTWP61L1wukHE359EsOa6rFx9xQ== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1619889149; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=W6CF5VbtG3NEYHTxpZ9PhYxLtcxHUWG98B/Zk/RrdIbRwml3dyHngF+2u3JhDlYBpUofIP aOIEkz/NY8qCUjBgCEx5hTMzDJlZde+dSM17GkjLLTHjapwlOSin3KlirsvgIWYPIX1qzv D7B30FXIWp4FPfxgJ//PPHZSfzWFpzZUcF/N4LvXxE7u7HesWDBWk5ICwdcJ0FqzaSA+3d 1aPn3Mezjjz0MsCBpGD7Psjqc77swfyHye1BUkHhO+5qq0+jYtUTOIe69jZ7qiaPSDhZLs 5wgJC5Biw3IfhjEGcWl8/PczFf11QVfX1YDdCHDsZI7jozF29NMojThZNpqzjQ== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none X-BeenThere: dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Commit messages for all branches of the ports repository List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 May 2021 17:12:29 -0000 On Sat, May 01, 2021 at 02:30:46PM +0200, Stefan Esser wrote: > Am 01.05.21 um 13:24 schrieb Rene Ladan: > > The branch main has been updated by rene: > > > > URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=60955c0a095630cce5f46ee0a80c8372eb9ab416 > > > > commit 60955c0a095630cce5f46ee0a80c8372eb9ab416 > > Author: Rene Ladan > > AuthorDate: 2021-05-01 11:24:21 +0000 > > Commit: Rene Ladan > > CommitDate: 2021-05-01 11:24:21 +0000 > > > > Remove expired ports: > > > > 2021-04-01 multimedia/transcode: Unmaintained and dead upstream, does not build with -fno-common (llvm 11) > > 2021-02-28 x11-toolkits/p5-Gnome2-VFS: Deprecated by the Gtk-Perl project. No more security patches and bug fixes > > 2021-02-28 x11-toolkits/p5-Gnome2: Deprecated by the Gtk-Perl project. No more security patches and bug fixes > > 2021-05-01 multimedia/dvdrip: Depends on expired multimedia/transcode > > 2021-05-01 multimedia/subtitleripper: Depends on expired multimedia/transcode > > 2021-05-01 multimedia/mkxvcd: Depends on expired multimedia/transcode > > 2021-05-01 deskutils/shutter: Upstream gone, depends on expired x11-toolkits/p5-Gnome2-VFS > > 2021-05-01 misc/gcstar: Depends on expired x11-toolkits/p5-Gnome2-VFS > > Regarding transcode: Has this really been necessary? > > I'm loosing working ports all the time, because of these removals due to > -fno-common build issues! > transcode actually had a PR to deprecate it and according to that PR it already lacked upstream maintenance for several years: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248922 And no call from you there to preserve it. Also, this port already expired a month ago but got some slakc becasue of it reverse dependencies. > It took me all of 2 minutes (including compile time) to get transcode > built with -fcommon, patches updated, and the Makefile fixed to not > cause stage-qa complaints. > > It may not have received updates for a long time (and maybe never again > will, unless somebody forks the upstream repository and takes over), but > since there are dependent ports that perform a useful task, IMHO this > dependency should have been preserved (and the dependent ports too). > > Since I have "repaired" transcode, how do I recover the deleted ports > without causing issues with GIT (which is still causing me many problems > by failing for seemingly simple actions). > > > Why is there no heads-up for ports to be deleted to give, say, 1 week of > advanced warning of ports to be deleted. > > This could even be automated based on DEPRECATED lines and sent to the > ports mailing list, to give users of such packages a chance to fix them > before the deadline? > There is Freshports. > > I'll restore these deletet ports and remove the DEPRECATED line: > > multimedia/transcode > multimedia/dvdrip > multimedia/subtitleripper > multimedia/mkxvcd > > They should stay in the ports tree until a vulnerability is reported or > can be assumed with some confidence, or until the dependent ports have > been modified to be based on other dependencies. > > > I have fixed a lot of -fno-common issues, a few months back, and most of > them took just a few minutes, including the test builds. Many of those > were not relevant to me, but I had noticed that their removal would > affect a significant number of dependent ports. > > But I'm not going to fix all the remaining issues of that kind, just > those that are relevant to me, and one by one, as my spare time permits. > > Therefore, a warning that some parts are about to be deleted very soon > would allow me to fix just those, if still relevant for me. > > Regards, STefan > René