From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 10 22:51:09 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C58C7106566B for ; Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:51:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@acm.org) Received: from mail35.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail35.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.133.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50F788FC0A for ; Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:51:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-116-103.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.116.103]) by mail35.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p6AMp42f022977 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:51:06 +1000 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p6AMp3Jn075171; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:51:03 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p6AMp2ks075170; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:51:02 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:51:02 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Max Brazhnikov Message-ID: <20110710225102.GA75158@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <201107071721.p67HLwI4003863@repoman.freebsd.org> <4E15F661.9070806@FreeBSD.org> <201107072313.09123.makc@issp.ac.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201107072313.09123.makc@issp.ac.ru> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Doug Barton , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/accessibility/kdeaccessibility Makefile ports/arabic/kde3-i18n Makefile ports/arabic/koffice-i18n Makefile ports/audio/arts Makefile ports/audio/juk Makefile ports/audio/mpeglib_artsplug Makefile ports/chinese/kde3-i18n-zh_CN Makefile ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:51:09 -0000 --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2011-Jul-07 23:13:08 +0400, Max Brazhnikov wrote: >Until ports are not broken or/and forbidden I see no reason for deprecatio= n=20 >and removing them. >However you may consider this step as a recommendation to migrate from=20 >Qt3/KDE3 ports to anything else. I would suggest that deprecation (without a specific expiry date) is a good way to issue that recommendation. I don't know of any recent cases but there have been past cases where people have unknowingly installed obsolete ports and then run into problems. It would be useful if there was a mechanism to warn users that the port they are about to install (or have installed) is no longer recommended. --=20 Peter Jeremy --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk4aLNYACgkQ/opHv/APuIeYygCcDMeF1d20qveYtGYXmAExJB3t 50oAnj52wDXMNVBsKiP2XpYe8GYtT+P7 =RALX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE--