From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 7 21:59:15 2010 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 B9BF9106566C for ; Sun, 7 Feb 2010 21:59:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bf1783@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f54.google.com (mail-ww0-f54.google.com [74.125.82.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57E0E8FC14 for ; Sun, 7 Feb 2010 21:59:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwj40 with SMTP id 40so1452060wwj.13 for ; Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:59:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=aKK4y/SPOzmj8zYC/zDk2m+bI8KvEH4qg0OgC7XGp7s=; b=AaviIzxF6EGCkWyIIUxb6QITTw5aqduvp9QyCUC+IYqW+o6XMQitte1pF98W4CGfUu oaRtFzdOMYYNgD3ODL6NsjpUFcDeEBzdXEvlUljjewTzhNmeO2T7D2Kocao1LgG2b6X3 3i7xJxtuzfNgldDjcy56NKrr0Dt4SScGk7muI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=j+Pzr1+LWhD598wmOwsg1Von8NEeMM7ZwPd7yUs5RJW/N0VmqVhLzMcciWYo2FZwSy WtR5YMFmJtSxOV18IBVDIkY2aABe4GMO1Jbx/xCR4jwyR7B4snMuSKAT+NTMnaXf/x9a gJydL2lpEP8ldkGYZrmcmLu+zaIRJQ4AVXwjI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.88.85 with SMTP id z63mr2361581wee.129.1265579952542; Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:59:12 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 16:59:12 -0500 Message-ID: From: "b. f." To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Anton Shterenlikht Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports which are currently scheduled for deletion 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, 07 Feb 2010 21:59:15 -0000 > the cessation of development on the existing port. In some cases, > ports are marked for removal because they fail to build and install > correctly from their sources, or otherwise fail in operation. > > portname: math/scilab > description: A free Matlab clone by INRIA & ENPC > maintainer: utisoft at googlemail.com > deprecated because: unmaintained, many releases behind upstream (without > anyone caring), broken nearly everywhere > expiration date: 2009-11-21 > build errors: none. > overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=math&portname=scilab > >Can we keep this port just a bit longer. >I'll ask in the SC dept if this could be >run as a UG project. > >It's an actively developed useful software with no >clear free alternative. miwi@ told me that makc@ and some others were interested in retaining this for the moment, and I told him that I would submit some patches for the existing port while the new maintainer was working on the new version (5.x), which has some java prerequisites that must be added to the ports tree. There some alternatives, however: for example, math/octave and math/freemat offer similar, Matlab-like functionality. b.