From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 21 07:30:17 2010 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 F0372106566B for ; Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:30:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.droso.net (koala.ipv6.droso.net [IPv6:2001:6c8:6:c:20d:56ff:fe6f:f935]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2383A8FC21 for ; Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:30:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from koala.droso.net (localhost.droso.net [IPv6:::1]) by mail.droso.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 695E21CD39 for ; Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:30:16 +0100 (CET) From: linimon@FreeBSD.org To: ports@FreeBSD.org Message-Id: <20100221073016.695E21CD39@mail.droso.net> Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:30:16 +0100 (CET) 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: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:30:18 -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/mysql-connector-java50 description: MySQL Connector/J: JDBC interface for MySQL maintainer: m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk deprecated because: Old version: please use databases/mysql-connector-java instead expiration date: 2010-02-20 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=databases&portname=mysql-connector-java50 portname: devel/p5-P4-Client description: P4::Client - Perl extension for the Perforce API maintainer: tobez@FreeBSD.org status: BROKEN deprecated because: has been broken for 11 months expiration date: 2010-01-08 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=p5-P4-Client portname: devel/tavrasm description: Tom's AVR Assembler maintainer: wes@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: No longer maintained, use devel/avra instead expiration date: 2010-04-08 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=tavrasm portname: emulators/linux_base-gentoo-stage1 description: Files from Gentoo distribution, for Linux compatibility maintainer: gabor@FreeBSD.org status: IGNORE deprecated because: no recent buils; use linux_dist-gentoo-stage3 instead expiration date: 2010-03-10 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=emulators&portname=linux_base-gentoo-stage1 portname: emulators/linux_dist-gentoo-stage1 description: Files from Gentoo distribution, for Linux compatibility maintainer: gabor@FreeBSD.org status: IGNORE deprecated because: no recent buils; use linux_dist-gentoo-stage3 instead expiration date: 2010-03-10 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=emulators&portname=linux_dist-gentoo-stage1 portname: graphics/lphoto description: A complete desktop solution for digital photo management maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org status: IGNORE deprecated because: broken expiration date: 2010-03-30 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=graphics&portname=lphoto portname: java/eclipse-emf description: Eclipse Modeling Framework maintainer: freebsd-eclipse@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: This plugin can be installed from within eclipse via the updater expiration date: 2010-01-19 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=java&portname=eclipse-emf portname: java/eclipse-gef description: Graphical Editing Framework for the Eclipse IDE maintainer: freebsd-eclipse@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: This plugin can be installed from within eclipse via the updater expiration date: 2010-01-19 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=java&portname=eclipse-gef portname: java/eclipse-v4all description: An Eclipse Plugin for Designing Java Swing & SWT GUIs maintainer: wes@freebsd.org deprecated because: Not useful with Eclipse 3.x expiration date: 2010-06-08 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=java&portname=eclipse-v4all portname: lang/mlton description: An optimizing Standard ML compiler maintainer: jesper.louis.andersen@gmail.com status: BROKEN deprecated because: has been broken for 5 months expiration date: 2010-01-08 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=lang&portname=mlton portname: math/scilab description: A free Matlab clone by INRIA & ENPC maintainer: utisoft@googlemail.com deprecated because: unmaintained, many releases behind upstream (without anyone caring), broken nearly everywhere expiration date: 2009-11-21 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=math&portname=scilab portname: misc/ezload description: Firmware down/uploader for Cypress' EZ-USB chip maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org status: BROKEN deprecated because: does not build with new USB stack in 8-STABLE expiration date: 2010-04-04 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=ezload portname: misc/gkrellmbgchg description: A plugin for GKrellM, which changes the desktop's background image maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: use misc/gkrellmbgchg2 expiration date: 2010-01-31 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=gkrellmbgchg portname: multimedia/kbtv description: KDE TV viewer for FreeBSD maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org status: BROKEN deprecated because: no longer under development by author expiration date: 2010-03-04 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=multimedia&portname=kbtv portname: net-mgmt/net-snmp4 description: An extendable SNMP implementation maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org status: BROKEN 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-p2p/rblibtorrent description: A C++ library implementing a BitTorrent client maintainer: dougb@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: Version is out of date expiration date: 2010-03-15 build errors: http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/amd64-errorlogs/e.6.20100215083948/rblibtorrent-0.13.log.bz2 (_Jan__4_07:39:55_UTC_2010) overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net-p2p&portname=rblibtorrent portname: net/csup description: A rewrite of the CVSup file updating client in C maintainer: mux@FreeBSD.org status: IGNORE deprecated because: is already included in base system of all supported releases expiration date: 2010-02-16 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=csup portname: net/mpd description: Multi-link PPP daemon based on netgraph(4) [legacy version] maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: obsoleted, unsupported port. Use net/mpd4, net/mpd5 instead expiration date: 2010-01-22 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=mpd portname: net/plb description: A high-performance HTTP load balancer maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org status: BROKEN deprecated because: broken; abandoned by author; use net/relayd or www/nginx instead expiration date: 2010-02-16 build errors: http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/sparc64-errorlogs/e.7.20100211221842/plb-0.3_7.log.bz2 (_Dec_10_14:25:17_UTC_2009) overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=plb portname: russian/php_doc description: PHP documentation in HTML (outdated version) maintainer: edwin@mavetju.org deprecated because: Support for the Russian translation of the PHP manual seems to have stopped expiration date: 2009-12-31 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=russian&portname=php_doc portname: sysutils/aaccli description: Adaptec SCSI RAID administration tool maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: see sysutils/arcconf instead, no longer maintained by Adaptec expiration date: 2010-05-11 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=sysutils&portname=aaccli portname: sysutils/dtc description: A hosting web GUI for admin and accounting all hosting services maintainer: thomas@goirand.fr status: BROKEN deprecated because: has been broken for 17 months expiration date: 2010-01-08 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=sysutils&portname=dtc portname: sysutils/ipmi-kmod description: Backport of ipmi driver from FreeBSD 7-CURRENT for FreeBSD 5.3 - 6.1 maintainer: snb@FreeBSD.org status: IGNORE deprecated because: in base system since 6.2-RELEASE expiration date: 2010-01-15 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=sysutils&portname=ipmi-kmod portname: textproc/isearch description: Text Search Engine by CNIDR maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: abandoned upstream, uses an obsolete version of GCC, not used by any other port expiration date: 2010-03-15 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=textproc&portname=isearch portname: textproc/py-xmltools description: High level XML tools for Python maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org status: BROKEN deprecated because: has been broken for 4 months expiration date: 2010-01-08 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=textproc&portname=py-xmltools portname: textproc/xmlada-gcc description: An XML parsing library for Ada 95, port for lang/gnat-gcc42 maintainer: hopet@ics.muni.cz status: BROKEN deprecated because: unmaintained for several years, not in sync with upstream expiration date: 2010-02-24 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=textproc&portname=xmlada-gcc portname: www/cheetah description: GTK+ based light-weight web browser maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org status: BROKEN deprecated because: broken, unmaintained, development ceased in 2001 expiration date: 2010-03-14 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=cheetah portname: www/p5-Catalyst-Plugin-Cache-FileCache description: File cache for Catalyst maintainer: perl@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: Deprecated by module author in favor of www/p5-Catalyst-Plugin-Cache expiration date: 2010-03-08 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=p5-Catalyst-Plugin-Cache-FileCache 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/ruby-panelapplet description: Ruby binding for libpanel-applet maintainer: ruby@FreeBSD.org status: BROKEN deprecated because: has been broken for 7 months expiration date: 2010-01-08 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-toolkits&portname=ruby-panelapplet portname: x11/chameleon description: Application for putting pictures or colors onto the root window maintainer: gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk status: BROKEN deprecated because: No longer under development, master site disappeared years ago expiration date: 2010-07-01 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11&portname=chameleon