Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2017 19:13:08 -0400 From: Joseph Mingrone <jrm@FreeBSD.org> To: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Are these Emacs ports still useful? Message-ID: <868tdtm41n.fsf@phe.ftfl.ca>
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Hello all,
A quick scan suggests that these port may have passed their usefulness.
Could you speak up if they are still useful or if you feel they should
be removed?
Regards,
Joseph
- sysutils/puppet-mode.el (pulling from source over 5 years old)
- japanese/egg-canna/Makefile (does not build with emacs versions >= 23)
- deskutils/etask (non-mirrored tarball dead since 2007)
- editors/apel (2010 source)
- editors/flim (2007 source)
- editors/semi (2003 source)
- editors/tree-widget (part of emacs since 2007)
- graphics/xface.el (distilator reports 500 for all sources)
- japanese/lookup (source tarball from 2007) (update: feedback received;
still useful)
- japanese/migemo-emacs23
- japanese/yc.el (source from 2010, does not build w/ emacs-devel)
- mail/xcite (no real updates since 2010, still useful?) (update:
feedback received; still useful)
- textproc/dictem (last release over five years ago)
- textproc/doc-mode.el (last release from 2006)
- textproc/emacs-wiki (last release from 2006)
- textproc/htmlize.el (500 from MASTER_SITES; fetchable from distcache)
- textproc/ibus-el (no updates for over 5 years)
- textproc/muse (last release from 2010)
- textproc/xml-lite.el (merged with sgml-mode.el in 2007)
- textproc/xml-parse.el (described as deprecated on Emacs wiki; release
from 2001)
These ports have not been updated in some time. Should they be updated or removed?
- editors/psgml (use psgml-1.3.4.tar from http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/psgml.html ?)
- editors/slime (five new releases since last 2015 port update)
- japanese/ddskk (using nearly 5-year-old release)
- mail/waderlust (only fetchable by distcache; source from 2005?;
combine with mail/wanderlust-devel)
- mail/x-face-e21 (not fetchable) (update: www.jpl.org is back up)
- math/proofgeneral (version over 5 years old w/ releases since;
does not building with Emacs 27 without X)
- misc/elscreen (release from 2007)
- print/hyperlatex (release from 2006)
- print/yatex (version almost 5 years old, newer release available)
- security/starttls (superceded by
https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/blob/master/lisp/net/starttls.el ?)
- textproc/dictionary (port version from 2011 or earlier, 2013 version
available)
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