Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:46:09 +0100 (CET) From: linimon@FreeBSD.org To: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: FreeBSD ports which are currently scheduled for deletion Message-ID: <20060315204609.0552E22B4B@mail.droso.net>
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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, the ports will be deleted. The goal of this posting is to make this process much more visible to the wider FreeBSD community. portname: devel/gnu-libtool description: Generic shared library support script (GNU unmodified) maintainer: ade@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: devel/libtool15 is now stock and should be used instead expiration date: 2006-06-01 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=gnu-libtool portname: games/duke3d description: Icculus Duke Nukem 3D port for various Operating Systems maintainer: arundel@h3c.de deprecated because: Master site disappeared, no longer maintained by author expiration date: 2006-03-18 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=games&portname=duke3d portname: irc/dancer-ircd description: An irc daemon based on hybrid ircd maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author expiration date: 2006-03-23 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=irc&portname=dancer-ircd portname: irc/dancer-services description: The IRC services (nickserv, chanserv, etc.) for dancer-ircd maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author expiration date: 2006-03-23 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=irc&portname=dancer-services portname: irc/scrollz-doc description: The docs for the scrollz irc client maintainer: kurlon@hotmail.com deprecated because: Mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author expiration date: 2006-03-25 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=irc&portname=scrollz-doc portname: japanese/cal.rb description: Displays a Japanese calendar maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author expiration date: 2006-03-25 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=cal.rb portname: mail/glacier description: Another GNOME mail user agent maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author expiration date: 2006-03-31 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=mail&portname=glacier portname: mail/mew-mule description: Message interface to Emacs Window for mule maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org status: BROKEN deprecated because: expiration date: 2006-04-10 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=mail&portname=mew-mule portname: mail/prom-mew description: Procmail reader for Mew on GNU Emacs maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org status: BROKEN deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author expiration date: 2006-04-07 build errors: http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/sparc64-errorlogs/e.5.2006022503/prom-mew-1.93.4_1.log (Mar 15 00:59:42 UTC 2006) http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/sparc64-errorlogs/e.6.2006022401/prom-mew-1.93.4_1.log (Mar 12 21:20:39 UTC 2006) overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=mail&portname=prom-mew portname: mail/ruby-mime-types description: MIME::Types for Ruby maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author expiration date: 2006-04-07 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=mail&portname=ruby-mime-types portname: math/xwpl description: The X Wavelet Packet Laboratory maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org status: IGNORE deprecated because: source not available and no recent binary expiration date: 2006-03-31 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=math&portname=xwpl portname: sysutils/stat description: Print inode contents maintainer: wosch@FreeBSD.org deprecated because: Buggy, use stat(1) from base expiration date: 2006-03-20 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=sysutils&portname=stat portname: www/auth_ldap description: Apache module to authenticate against an LDAP directory maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org status: FORBIDDEN deprecated because: Contains multiple format strings vulnerabilities expiration date: 2006-04-08 build errors: none. overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=auth_ldap
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