Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 13:51:59 +0100 From: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Ladan?= <rene@freebsd.org> Cc: "ports@freebsd.org Ports" <ports@freebsd.org>, Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: postgis-legacy removal Message-ID: <52DA78EF.3050200@netfence.it> In-Reply-To: <CADL2u4ijQa4DeWMg5o8oAWtJw3g54fz82_0JLTkndJP2pSy1Pw@mail.gmail.com> References: <52D8E83A.9080204@netfence.it> <CADL2u4ijQa4DeWMg5o8oAWtJw3g54fz82_0JLTkndJP2pSy1Pw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 01/17/14 11:56, René Ladan wrote: > 2014/1/17 Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it>: >> Hello. >> >> Today I found database/postgis (previously at version 1.5.3) was removed: >> this is no surprise, since the port was deprecated long ago. >> >> However, there's PR/174764 with a patch to upgrade it to 1.5.8, so I'm >> wondering: was removing this really the best option? > > I use a tool ports/Tools/scripts/rmport to remove expired ports which checks the > PR database when removing a port but somehow this PR did not show up. > > If I understand correctly, it executes 'query-pr -qx -y databases > postgis' on freefall > and this does not include closed PRs. > >> Also consider 2.x is not source code compatible: application written for 1.x >> need rewriting. >> > One port, graphics/tinyows, depended on this and has been updated to work with > postgis21. But that does indeed exclude software not in the Ports Tree. Thanks for you answer. So can we have it back? bye av.
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