Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:40:14 +0200 From: Olli Hauer <ohauer@FreeBSD.org> To: "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com> Cc: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: saving a few ports from death Message-ID: <4DB89B4E.4050206@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4DB83D6E.9000800@aldan.algebra.com> References: <ip53jn$92d$1@dough.gmane.org> <4DB6165F.1010806@FreeBSD.org> <20110426024122.GA38579@comcast.net> <A9C17565-97D8-43F1-9CF7-8CFC79EFEA7B@FreeBSD.org> <20110426163424.GB38579@comcast.net> <20110426141209.0d07bccf@seibercom.net> <20110426184315.GA2320@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <19895.13977.553973.609431@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <4DB83D6E.9000800@aldan.algebra.com>
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On 2011-04-27 17:59, Mikhail T. wrote: > On -10.01.-28163 14:59, Robert Huff wrote: >> It is also possible it is only important to a fairly small >> number ... but to those it is absolutely crucial. > Or the port might become useful/essential/critical to somebody in the future... > > What is not broken -- just old, like databases/db2 or www/apache13*, for > example -- should be left alone (until it becomes both broken and unmaintained). > And even then, the removal should not be mass-scale/automatic... What are you missing in the db2 implementation of FreeBSD which is in the OS and maintained by the OS developers? For myself I see the apache13 EOL with a whining and a laughing eye, and can understand if users don't want to upgrade to 22/24 because of complex and working configurations. But I also look at the future development of the OS and environment where such old dinosaur should see a ice time to make room for new live. Within the apache13/20 deprecation also other ports will go since they are not compatible with newer apache version. For anyone interested I've done a quick grep over my local build logs to get a list of ports which depends on apache13/20 http://people.freebsd.org/~ohauer/diffs/apache_ports/apache13_ports.log http://people.freebsd.org/~ohauer/diffs/apache_ports/apache20_ports.log Most of the ports have equivalents for apache22. http://people.freebsd.org/~ohauer/diffs/apache_ports/apache22_ports.log All those ports where build with the following setting in bsd.apache.mk DEFAULT_APACHE_VERSION= 22 APACHE_SUPPORTED_VERSION= 22 13 20 -- olli
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