Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:03:59 GMT From: Jeremy Messenger <mezz@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/153355: Remove x11/libcapplet and all ports that depend on it. Message-ID: <201012212103.oBLL3xNf053803@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201012212110.oBLLAC8U054081@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 153355 >Category: ports >Synopsis: Remove x11/libcapplet and all ports that depend on it. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Dec 21 21:10:12 UTC 2010 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jeremy Messenger >Release: FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD freefall.freebsd.org 8.1-STABLE FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE #2 r215627: Sun Nov 21 13:36:51 UTC 2010 simon@freefall.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FREEFALL i386 >Description: The x11/libcapplet has been broken for over a year (will be two in June 2011). So far, there is no one has any interest to fix or bother us the old GNOME 1 stuff. The GNOME 3 is coming in 2011. Therefore, it's time for us to kill some of GNOME 1. >How-To-Repeat: n/a >Fix: Here's a patch that need to be tested in the pointyhat-exp. http://people.freebsd.org/~mezz/diff/remove_libcapplet_stuff.diff Not all ports are deleted, which some are able to disable option without require me to remove those. List following delete ports: deskutils/gnome-pim mail/pmail mail/pygmy math/scigraphica net/geotrace security/nofgpg sysutils/gnome-control-center1 www/gtkhtml x11/libcapplet x11/wmmenu x11-toolkits/py-gnome >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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