FreeBSD ports which are currently scheduled for deletion

Wed Mar 15 20:46:20 UTC 2006

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 at 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 at 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deprecated because: Master site disappeared, no longer maintained by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 at 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deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author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 at 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deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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