Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 01:53:24 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: closing down the squid22/23 ports? Message-ID: <3BB43A84.34F8E732@mindspring.com> References: <20010927205912.E4232@roaming.cacheboy.net>
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Adrian Chadd wrote: > I'd like to look at closing down / making inactive the squid22 and > squid23 ports. The squid-2.2 and squid-2.3 codebases have been > inactive and largely unsupported by the squid developers (read: myself > inclusive here) for some time now, and I'd like to point users > at the actively developed/maintained squid branch. > > Squid-2.5 is also in the pipeline for release soon, and I don't think > there is a point in having 4 squid ports. > > What do people think? You might want to check out which versions infringe which patents... I think the oldest port doesn't infringe any, but the newer ports infringe about 8 of them from IBM. IBM made us rip squid out of the InterJet before we ever shipped with it because of this. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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