Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 23:18:07 +0100 From: Pietro Cerutti <gahr@FreeBSD.org> To: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-ports-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-ports-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r308158 - in head: . lang lang/tcl82 x11-toolkits x11-toolkits/tk82 Message-ID: <20121203221806.GG86596@gahrfit.gahr.ch> In-Reply-To: <50BCDC5C.3080006@FreeBSD.org> References: <201212031649.qB3Gnmt9076932@svn.freebsd.org> <50BCDC5C.3080006@FreeBSD.org>
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--924gEkU1VlJlwnwX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2012-Dec-03, 11:07, Bryan Drewery wrote: > On 12/3/2012 10:49 AM, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > > Author: gahr > > Date: Mon Dec 3 16:49:48 2012 > > New Revision: 308158 > > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/308158 > >=20 > > Log: > > - Retire Tcl/Tk 8.2 now that the last consumer (deskutils/abacus) has= gone > > - Fix typo in previous commit in MOVED > > =20 > > Feature safe: yes > >=20 >=20 >=20 > I take issue with retiring a library/language port with such short > notice like this, since no other ports depend on it. This certainly > could live on as a leaf port and still be useful. While in theory I could agree with you, please take into consideration a couple of facts: * the latest Tcl/Tk in the 8.2 series was released on Dec 16, 1999, which means that users have had 13 years to upgrade. * we have 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, and 8.6 in the tree, which means that users can choose among 4 different versions to upgrade to. * I've marked it as deprecated specifying the deletion date one week ago (admittedly not much), and the deletion date was also on the FreeBSD Tcl/Tk wiki page, which means that you could have spoken up earlier if this removal really caused you any problems. <smile> Having said this, please feel free to * get the two ports back into the tree * set an expiration date that makes sense to you * make sure they build / run fine on every FreeBSD release we support * make sure to remove them at due time if you really want to. </smile> --=20 Pietro Cerutti The FreeBSD Project gahr@FreeBSD.org PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp --924gEkU1VlJlwnwX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlC9JR4ACgkQwMJqmJVx945oxACeMSPADba/p6mFEagF4GoYzezc p/gAn3GTbbTJyZbMxFMqTRlUpzUu2uqO =8if1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --924gEkU1VlJlwnwX--
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