From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 7 22:30:46 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 313EC1065692 for ; Sun, 7 Feb 2010 22:30:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E481A8FC22 for ; Sun, 7 Feb 2010 22:30:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsc.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.41]) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NeFeO-0005Iy-P7; Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:30:44 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncsc.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1NeFeO-0001Di-GG; Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:30:44 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o17MUiUe093761; Sun, 7 Feb 2010 22:30:44 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o17MUiAf093760; Sun, 7 Feb 2010 22:30:44 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 22:30:44 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: "b. f." Message-ID: <20100207223044.GE28248@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: Anton Shterenlikht , freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org 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 22:30:46 -0000 On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 04:59:12PM -0500, b. f. wrote: > > 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. ok, thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423