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Date:      Sat, 17 Mar 2018 08:38:10 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Tobias Kortkamp <tobik@FreeBSD.org>
To:        ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r464765 - head/irc/xchat
Message-ID:  <201803170838.w2H8cAw6093638@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: tobik
Date: Sat Mar 17 08:38:09 2018
New Revision: 464765
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/464765

Log:
  irc/xchat: Deprecate
  
  It's unmaintained with likely many unpatched security issues.
  irc/hexchat is an actively maintained fork of XChat which can be used
  instead.
  
  https://tingping.github.io/2018/03/02/when-distros-get-it-wrong.html
  
  PR:		226322
  Approved by:	gnome (maintainer timeout, 2 weeks)

Modified:
  head/irc/xchat/Makefile

Modified: head/irc/xchat/Makefile
==============================================================================
--- head/irc/xchat/Makefile	Sat Mar 17 08:33:18 2018	(r464764)
+++ head/irc/xchat/Makefile	Sat Mar 17 08:38:09 2018	(r464765)
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ COMMENT=	X11 IRC client using the GTK+ 2 toolkit
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
+DEPRECATED=	Unmaintained upstream, use irc/hexchat instead
+EXPIRATION_DATE=	2018-04-15
+
 CONFLICTS=	xchat-1* xchat-systray-plugin-[0-9]*
 
 USES=		cpe gettext gmake libtool pathfix pkgconfig tar:bzip2



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