[PATCH] python2.4 removal zope and zope211 affected

[Martin Wilke]

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On May 29, 2012, at 21:28, Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu at FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 07:02:11 +0800, Martin Wilke wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 May 2012 02:51:23 +0800
>> Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 1:14 AM, Ruslan Mahmatkhanov
>>> <cvs-src at yandex.ru> wrote:
>>>> Hi, Martin,
>>>> 
>>>> Martin Wilke wrote on 28.05.2012 13:44:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Finally I'm working on to remove python 24 from the ports tree,
>>>>> and the reasons are clear. Support was dropped by 2008, and there
>>>>> are a lot of unpatched security holes. We have warned about this
>>>>> since 2 years ago, and now I will really take action to drop it
>>>>> from the ports tree.
>>>> 
>>>> I have no objections, but know people that do :). I ever know
>>>> FreeBSD committer that using old zope.
>>> 
>>> I apologies jumping to conclusion too quick, and totally forget about
>>> setting DEPRECATED thing.  I agree to set it as an official
>>> announcement, and we can wait another month, I believe this is the
>>> final time of postpone.
>> 
>> Nope, we have already mention that ever and ever and ever again, this
>> time i dont do that where a problem with that is this time not mine,
>> the python@ histroy can prove that. I wont postpone it again!!!!
>> 
>>> 
>>>> We have only three ports, that wish exactly python 2.4 version:
>>>> 
>>>> net/honeyd (skreuzer at FreeBSD.org)
>> 
>> I wrote him yesterday a mail. no reply, but just in case that port can
>> live without python 24
>> 
>>>> www/zope   (estartu at augusta.de)
>>>> www/zope211 (estartu at augusta.de)
>>> 
>>> miwi has written a mail to estartu at augusta.de, I am not sure about if
>>> skreuzer (CC'd)
>>> know this plan.
> 
> I do not strongly object about removing without setting DEPRECATED, but
> we will wait for these two maintainer reply or maintainer timeout, right?
> We just notified them yesterday.
> 
> When do you plan to commit your patch?
> 
> -- 
> Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu at FreeBSD.org>
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