FreeBSD ports which are currently scheduled for deletion

linimon at FreeBSD.org linimon at FreeBSD.org
Sun Jun 21 06:28:52 UTC 2009


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:           audio/gai-album
description:        A GAI dockapp that works with xmms to display album
                    covers
maintainer:         lx at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: abandoned project, does not build
expiration date:    2009-07-07
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=audio&portname=gai-album


portname:           audio/gai-visual-audio
description:        A GAI dockapp for displaying xmms visualizations
maintainer:         lx at redundancy.redundancy.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: abandoned project, does not build
expiration date:    2009-07-07
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=audio&portname=gai-visual-audio


portname:           databases/firebird-client
description:        The open-source InterBase(tm) 6.0 spin-off (client)
maintainer:         skv at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: no longer under development, please consider using
                    Firebird2
expiration date:    2009-02-24
build errors:
http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/amd64-errorlogs/e.6.20090527134812/firebird-client-1.5.5.log (_May_27_21:13:29_UTC_2009)
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=databases&portname=firebird-client


portname:           databases/firebird-server
description:        The open-source InterBase(tm) 6.0 spin-off (Classic
                    version)
maintainer:         skv at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: no longer under development, please consider using
                    Firebird2
expiration date:    2009-02-24
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=databases&portname=firebird-server


portname:           deskutils/plasma-applet-quicklauncher
description:        Quicklauncher plasma applet for KDE4
maintainer:         bsdkaffee at gmail.com
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Abandoned upstream, use Quicklaunch applet included
                    with KDE 4.2
expiration date:    2009-07-10
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=deskutils&portname=plasma-applet-quicklauncher


portname:           devel/linxt
description:        Perl script for controlling Lego NXT brick
maintainer:         jwbacon at tds.net
deprecated because: Use devel/roboctl instead.
expiration date:    2009-07-05
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=linxt


portname:           games/amy
description:        A chess program for playing and analyzing games
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, does not build on recent
                    version
expiration date:    2009-07-28
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=games&portname=amy


portname:           german/citrix_ica
description:        Citrix(R) Presentation Server(TM) client
maintainer:         tabthorpe at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Use net/citrix_ica
expiration date:    2007-08-22
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=german&portname=citrix_ica


portname:           japanese/citrix_ica
description:        Citrix(R) Presentation Server(TM) client
maintainer:         tabthorpe at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Use net/citrix_ica
expiration date:    2007-08-22
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=citrix_ica


portname:           lang/tcl80
description:        Tool Command Language
maintainer:         mm at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: tcl8.0 support is going to be dropped
expiration date:    2009-03-22
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=lang&portname=tcl80


portname:           lang/tinycobol
description:        A tiny COBOL compiler for IA32 platforms
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: no longer being developed; consider using
                    lang/open-cobol instead
expiration date:    2009-07-28
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=lang&portname=tinycobol


portname:           mail/bogofilter-qdbm
description:        Fast, teachable, learning spam detector
maintainer:         matthias.andree at gmx.de
deprecated because: Migrate to bogofilter-tc instead
expiration date:    2009-06-30
build errors:
http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/sparc64-errorlogs/e.7.20090518145042/bogofilter-qdbm-1.2.0.log (_May_25_16:24:24_UTC_2009)
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=mail&portname=bogofilter-qdbm


portname:           mail/xc-mail
description:        Mail client for X which supports POP and PGP
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: depends on a port that expired in 2007
expiration date:    2009-06-27
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=mail&portname=xc-mail


portname:           net-mgmt/net-snmp4
description:        An extendable SNMP implementation
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
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-mgmt/net-snmp53
description:        An extendable SNMP implementation
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Use net-mgmt/net-snmp port instead
expiration date:    2009-07-01
build errors:
http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/amd64-errorlogs/e.8.20090325165011/net-snmp-5.3.2.3.log (_Mar_26_20:38:15_UTC_2009)
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net-mgmt&portname=net-snmp53


portname:           security/hashish
description:        GUI file and string hashing utility
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: does not compile
expiration date:    2009-07-28
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=security&portname=hashish


portname:           security/smtpmap
description:        An SMTP software identifier
maintainer:         hubert at frbsd.org
deprecated because: depends on GCC 2.95 which has not been available for
                    9+ months
expiration date:    2009-07-19
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=security&portname=smtpmap


portname:           www/jakarta-tomcat4
description:        Open-source Java web server by Apache, stable 4.0.x
                    branch
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: www/jakarta-tomcat5 is recommended instead for new
                    installations
expiration date:    2009-01-12
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=jakarta-tomcat4


portname:           www/jakarta-tomcat5
description:        Open-source Java web server by Apache, 5.0.x branch
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Old version, consider using www/tomcat55 or
                    www/tomcat6 instead
expiration date:    2009-01-12
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=jakarta-tomcat5


portname:           www/trac-blog
description:        A blog plugin for Trac
maintainer:         gerrit.beine at gmx.de
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: Not supported anymore for trac > 0.10; use
                    FullBlogPlugin instead
expiration date:    2009-07-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=trac-blog


portname:           www/trac-restrictedarea
description:        Set up restricted areas within Trac
maintainer:         glarkin at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: Not supported anymore; functionality included in trac
                    since 0.11
expiration date:    2009-07-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=trac-restrictedarea


portname:           www/zope-btreefolder2
description:        Zope product that can store many items
maintainer:         kaeru at 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/p5-Gnome
description:        The main Gnome module of Gtk-Perl
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Has been broken for more than 6 months
expiration date:    2008-09-19
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-toolkits&portname=p5-Gnome


portname:           x11-toolkits/tk80
description:        Graphical toolkit for TCL
maintainer:         mm at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: tcl8.0 support is going to be dropped
expiration date:    2009-03-22
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-toolkits&portname=tk80


portname:           x11-toolkits/xclasses
description:        C++ layout library for X
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Version branch long since retired
expiration date:    2007-10-28
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-toolkits&portname=xclasses


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