From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 1 00:52:01 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3358A16A400; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 00:52:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 240D113C46B; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 00:52:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 048F51A4D80; Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:52:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4F4E1513E1; Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:51:49 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:51:49 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: ports@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20070201005148.GA24178@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: Subject: HEADS UP: 4.x is no longer supported by the ports collection 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: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:52:01 -0000 --mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline As previously announced, FreeBSD 4.x has now reached its end of life and is no longer supported in the ports collection (or by the security officer for security fixes). I have tagged the ports collection with the RELEASE_4_EOL tag to provide a "last known good" tree as a convenience to those remaining users who intend to self-support their own 4.x installations. I will also be starting one final 4.x package build against this tag for upload to the FTP servers; after this no further 4.x package builds are planned. Now that 4.x is unsupported we will begin to remove the legacy support code that has been accumulating for the past 7+ years and complicating certain aspects of the ports tree. This means that in the near future the ports tree will definitely become broken on 4.x and older systems. Therefore maintainers are also no longer required to provide any form of support for running their ports on FreeBSD 4.x, and may also remove any legacy support code at their convenience. RIP FreeBSD 4.x, you have served us well! Kris --mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFwTmkWry0BWjoQKURAu+yAKCLZ0IEDWsaHM5xT76/6fpg9YxI9ACgi2SG Ml9KrZMLupnmxxulKgiHN8s= =phc5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ--