Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 10:39:25 +1000 From: Dylan Leigh <fbsd@dylanleigh.net> To: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Future of (upstream unmaintained) sysutils/autopsy port Message-ID: <20140703003924.GA6592@exhan.dylanleigh.net>
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>From the ports-expiring-soon messages: > portname: sysutils/autopsy > description: Web-based (graphical) interface to The Sleuth Kit > maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org > deprecated because: Unmaintained interactive port > expiration date: 2014-08-20 > build errors: none. > overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=sysutils&portname=autopsy I am considering taking maintainership of sysutils/autopsy to save it. I have used Autopsy before for a forensics course and have some old saved "cases". The port is already staged and could be made non-interactive easily. On the other hand, I strongly discourage anyone from actually using Autopsy except to read old files/cases. The cross-platform version is no longer maintained (new version 3 is Windows only) and was last updated in 2010. Even then it had serious flaws and is less capable than the commandline tools it interfaces with (sysutils/sleuthkit). I always suggest that the SleuthKit tools be used directly instead, but there are some students who are too scared of the commandline and want to use Autopsy because it provides a GUI. So there are some good reasons for depreciating it which have nothing to do with the port itself being unmaintained + interactive. Is there any policy on keeping ports where upstream is not maintained and the software itself is depreciated (except to open and export old files)? Do we still want to keep such a port in the active tree? -- Dylan Leigh // VU# s4081906 // www.dylanleigh.net
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