From owner-freebsd-ruby@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 25 02:30:07 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ruby@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9F0D106564A for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:30:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swills@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mouf.net (mouf.net [204.109.58.86]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AB4A8FC12 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:30:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from meatwad.mouf.net (cpe-065-190-149-241.nc.res.rr.com [65.190.149.241]) (authenticated bits=0) by mouf.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p6P2U4rI011263 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:30:05 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from swills@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <4E2CD52C.8060701@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:30:04 -0400 From: Steve Wills User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110531 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eitan Adler References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (mouf.net [204.109.58.86]); Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:30:05 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96.2 at mouf.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: ruby@FreeBSD.org, freebsd ports Subject: Re: Time to mark portupgrade deprecated? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ruby@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD-specific Ruby discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:30:07 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/24/11 22:20, Eitan Adler wrote: > At this point noone is maintaining portupgrade any more and a large > number of PRs have been filed against it (see > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi?text=portupgrade). No > one has stepped up to do the work to fix these bugs so it is time to > officially drop it. Personally, I agree it's time to drop it if no one is going to do the work to maintain it, which at this point it seems clear is not going to happen. I'd be happy to be proven wrong about that. So the question becomes, how do we go about doing it? First step would be changing the handbook. Most UPDATING entries seem to include both portupgrade and portmaster instructions these days, so that should be covered. The next issue would be warning portupgrade users, perhaps by marking the port DEPRECATED? I'd think a date a little longer than the usual month would be needed before expiring. Steve -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOLNUsAAoJEPXPYrMgexuhUwoH/279L3SKUUaKdSI4eUacIHDC +RDoNvcW06qFiDwEMIPi0olWxQU1O3PnNXVf0X7ackS/k5JElTJUV79Dw7i+4VOW fa5ON9Fi2ggIG93Az+mqDgVGVlFqhCKQWeLypadGWX9Ykx3EitkudC4cXZLxC9Hq pAPC45BoJWVkaAyTwvP3K+jbSCFG+2yY+OIuPIFco+3FP5X5cJcv8x/L43N1tbRa PRvz7MUmDJ+vvQNgwukTdHmfFUH5hZ/Y9E3U79TsIYy/uUhZ8tYZjp9rOn98LOay sfnHY3MoKWxc/fNgrd7T2v4E9kF72rf7uhcdtpz7HHCxHcMzU7sFal+5ZvUQQF0= =TbrA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----