Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 21:45:57 +0200 From: Torsten Zuehlsdorff <freebsd@toco-domains.de> To: Tobias Kortkamp <tobik@freebsd.org> Cc: Adriaan de Groot <adridg@freebsd.org>, Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org, ale@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: c6093a753e76 - main - databases/mysql55-server: fix check-plist Message-ID: <7306f8d4-eabe-39dd-729b-987c8338ff83@toco-domains.de> In-Reply-To: <YHLMBo1x7JgTkodM@urd.tobik.me> References: <202104090946.1399kTCb092931@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <34dabf10-5e9b-37da-2d74-b4f38a357b2e@pfeifer.com> <2226559.mfXeX5GmMH@beastie.bionicmutton.org> <YHK13C8X25px87/G@urd.tobik.me> <1f42d087-f259-c578-5934-1071909e0e7b@toco-domains.de> <YHLMBo1x7JgTkodM@urd.tobik.me>
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On 11.04.21 12:14, Tobias Kortkamp wrote: > On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 11:54:51AM +0200, Torsten Zuehlsdorff wrote: >> On 11.04.21 10:39, Tobias Kortkamp wrote: >>> Why do we still have MySQL 5.5? It has been EOL since December >>> 2018. Why should we continue to fix it? Shouldn't we put a >>> deprecation notice on the port now and let it expire? >> >> Same would be true for 5.7 since 2019: >> https://www.mysql.com/de/support/eol-notice.html >> (You need to search for "Support EOL for MySQL 5.7 on FreeBSD") > > But 5.7 is still supported elsewhere until October 2023, right? So > it would still get security and other updates that also apply to > FreeBSD regardless of official support. Yes, that is correct. > This is unlike 5.5 which > is not supported anywhere anymore and won't get any updates at all. You would get one if you pay for it. But i really do not understand this current license and support model of it. Also i don't want to spend time on it. Best, Torsten
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