From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 21 06:39:53 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21E78106568F for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:39:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.droso.net (koala.droso.net [87.51.34.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 698A28FC62 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:39:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from koala.droso.net (localhost.droso.net [IPv6:::1]) by mail.droso.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3AC41CDEF for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:29:57 +0200 (CEST) From: linimon@FreeBSD.org To: ports@FreeBSD.org Message-Id: <20090821062957.E3AC41CDEF@mail.droso.net> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:29:57 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: FreeBSD ports which are currently scheduled for deletion X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: portmgr-feedback@FreeBSD.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:39:53 -0000 As part of an ongoing effort to reduce the number of problems in the FreeBSD ports system, we periodically schedule removal of ports that have been judged to have outlived their usefulness. Often, this is due to a better alternative having become available and/or 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. The ports, and the reason and date that they have been scheduled for removal, are listed below. If no one has stepped forward before that time to propose a way to fix the problems (such as via a PR), the ports will be deleted. portname: databases/firebird-client description: The open-source InterBase(tm) 6.0 spin-off (client) maintainer: skv@FreeBSD.org status: BROKEN deprecated because: no longer under development, please consider using Firebird2 expiration date: 2009-02-24 build errors: http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/amd64-errorlogs/e.6.20090708211753/firebird-client-1.5.5.log.bz2 (_Jul__9_23:46:41_UTC_2009) http://pointyhat.freebsd.org/errorlogs/i386-errorlogs/e.6.20090816211632/firebird-client-1.5.5.log (_Aug_17_06:30:52_UTC_2009) overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=databases&portname=firebird-client portname: databases/firebird-server description: The open-source InterBase(tm) 6.0 spin-off (Classic version) maintainer: skv@FreeBSD.org status: IGNORE deprecated because: no longer under development, please consider using Firebird2 expiration date: 2009-02-24 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=databases&portname=firebird-server portname: databases/ruby-dbd_interbase description: InterBase driver for DBI-for-Ruby maintainer: ruby@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: no longer under development expiration date: 2009-10-01 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=databases&portname=ruby-dbd_interbase portname: databases/ruby-dbd_msql description: mSQL driver for DBI-for-Ruby maintainer: ruby@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: no longer under development expiration date: 2009-10-01 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=databases&portname=ruby-dbd_msql portname: databases/ruby-dbd_proxy description: Proxy/Server driver for DBI-for-Ruby maintainer: ruby@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: no longer under development expiration date: 2009-10-01 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=databases&portname=ruby-dbd_proxy portname: devel/p5-Algorithm-MDiff description: Perl interface to calculate m-difference between two objects maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: the module was removed from CPAN expiration date: 2009-09-09 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=p5-Algorithm-MDiff portname: devel/p5-Data-Postponed description: Delay the evaluation of expressions to allow changes to variables maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: the module was removed from CPAN expiration date: 2009-09-09 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=p5-Data-Postponed portname: devel/pecl-svn description: A PECL extension to the libsvn library maintainer: wenheping@gmail.com status: BROKEN deprecated because: does not compile with subversion-1.6 expiration date: 2009-09-09 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=pecl-svn portname: graphics/php4-ffmpeg description: The ffmpeg shared extension for php maintainer: acm@FreeBSD.org status: BROKEN deprecated because: development continues only for php5 expiration date: 2009-10-12 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=graphics&portname=php4-ffmpeg portname: math/freefem++ description: An implementation of a language dedicated to the finite element method maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: fails to compile with up-to-date compilers, nobody really interested expiration date: 2009-08-20 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=math&portname=freefem%2B%2B portname: math/it++ description: Mathematical, signal processing and communication library maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: fails to compile with up-to-date compilers, nobody really interested to maintain this expiration date: 2009-08-20 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=math&portname=it%2B%2B portname: multimedia/phonon description: Multimedia framework for KDE4 maintainer: kde@FreeBSD.org status: IGNORE deprecated because: superseded by multimedia/qt4-phonon expiration date: 2009-09-06 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=multimedia&portname=phonon portname: multimedia/phonon-gstreamer description: Phonon gstreamer backend maintainer: kde@FreeBSD.org status: IGNORE deprecated because: superseded by multimedia/qt4-phonon-gst expiration date: 2009-09-06 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=multimedia&portname=phonon-gstreamer portname: multimedia/sabbu description: Program used to time subtitles maintainer: dinoex@FreeBSD.org status: BROKEN deprecated because: development has stopped in 2005 expiration date: 2009-10-12 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=multimedia&portname=sabbu portname: net-mgmt/net-snmp4 description: An extendable SNMP implementation maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: Use net-mgmt/net-snmp port instead expiration date: 2009-07-01 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net-mgmt&portname=net-snmp4 portname: net-mgmt/p5-SNMP description: A perl5 module for interfacing with the CMU SNMP library maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: Perl SNMP module is now a part of net-mgmt/net-snmp expiration date: 2009-08-15 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net-mgmt&portname=p5-SNMP portname: net/asterisk12-addons description: Additional modules for the Asterisk Open Source PBX maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org status: BROKEN deprecated because: does not build expiration date: 2009-09-08 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=asterisk12-addons portname: www/jakarta-tomcat4 description: Open-source Java web server by Apache, stable 4.0.x branch maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: www/jakarta-tomcat5 is recommended instead for new installations expiration date: 2009-01-12 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=jakarta-tomcat4 portname: www/jakarta-tomcat5 description: Open-source Java web server by Apache, 5.0.x branch maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: Old version, consider using www/tomcat55 or www/tomcat6 instead expiration date: 2009-01-12 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=jakarta-tomcat5 portname: www/mod_auth_mysql41_ap2 description: MySQL 4.1 and Apache 2 port of mod_auth_mysql maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org status: IGNORE deprecated because: distfile no longer fetchable expiration date: 2009-10-17 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=mod_auth_mysql41_ap2 portname: www/zope-btreefolder2 description: Zope product that can store many items maintainer: kaeru@inigo-tech.com deprecated because: Included in Zope 2.8 and later expiration date: 2007-08-31 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=zope-btreefolder2 portname: x11-toolkits/gtkscintilla description: A wrapper for the Scintilla editing component maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org status: BROKEN deprecated because: no longer under development, last release in 2002 expiration date: 2009-10-13 build errors: http://pointyhat.freebsd.org/errorlogs/i386-errorlogs/e.6.20090819184554/gtkscintilla-0.8.2_6.log (_Aug_16_11:57:48_UTC_2009) overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-toolkits&portname=gtkscintilla portname: x11-toolkits/p5-Gnome description: The main Gnome module of Gtk-Perl maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org status: BROKEN deprecated because: Has been broken for more than 6 months expiration date: 2008-09-19 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-toolkits&portname=p5-Gnome portname: x11-toolkits/py-gtkscintilla description: A Python bindings for gtkscintilla library maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org status: BROKEN deprecated because: no longer under development, last release in 2002 expiration date: 2009-10-13 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-toolkits&portname=py-gtkscintilla portname: x11-toolkits/xclasses description: C++ layout library for X maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: Version branch long since retired expiration date: 2007-10-28 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-toolkits&portname=xclasses portname: x11/electricsheep description: A nice distributed screensaver maintainer: dougb@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: No tarball for new versions, sheep server is gone expiration date: 2009-10-01 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11&portname=electricsheep portname: x11/kxgenerator description: KDE utility to configure the X server maintainer: makc@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: Project abandoned, master site disappeared expiration date: 2009-09-08 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11&portname=kxgenerator