svn commit: r389117 - head/databases/db48

[Kubilay Kocak]

On 11/06/2015 4:29 AM, John Marino wrote:
> On 6/10/2015 20:08, Matthias Andree wrote:
>> Author: mandree
>> Date: Wed Jun 10 18:08:35 2015
>> New Revision: 389117
>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/389117
>>
>> Log:
>>   Bump expiration date.
>>
>> Modified:
>>   head/databases/db48/Makefile
>>
>> Modified: head/databases/db48/Makefile
>> ==============================================================================
>> --- head/databases/db48/Makefile	Wed Jun 10 18:03:50 2015	(r389116)
>> +++ head/databases/db48/Makefile	Wed Jun 10 18:08:35 2015	(r389117)
>> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ COMMENT=	The Berkeley DB package, revisi
>>  DEPRECATED=		Please migrate to db5 or db6
>>  # The port is not to be removed unless the bitcoin-related ports can
>>  # go without this.
>> -EXPIRATION_DATE=	2015-05-31
>> +EXPIRATION_DATE=	2015-07-31
>>  
> 
> As a ramification, can you set DEPRECATED and EXPIRATION_DATE=2015-07-31
> for all the bitcoin-related ports that refuse to transition off of db48?
>  This port expiration has been extended several times, so why would
> these bitcoin ports feel the need to change?  The maintainers know it
> will just get extended again.
> 
> John
> 

Maintainers don't change anything because they can't change anything
(without breaking everything that *coin relies on to work).

Setting the expiration in the first place is the only reason why it's
had to be extended, not crafty maintainers.

./koobs