Re: git: 7af49901cef3 - main - net/samba413: Mark DEPRECATED and set EXPIRATION_DATE

From: Daniel Engberg <daniel.engberg.lists_at_pyret.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 09:52:21 UTC
On 2023-11-18T10:31:42.000+01:00, Michael Osipov
<michaelo@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> On 2023-11-18 01:29, Yasuhiro Kimura wrote:
>>  The branch main has been updated by yasu:
>>  
>>   URL:
>>  https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=7af49901cef3d240ca68a244bfba4b976d807e4c
>>  
>>   commit 7af49901cef3d240ca68a244bfba4b976d807e4c
>>  
>>   Author: Yasuhiro Kimura <yasu@FreeBSD.org>
>>  
>>   AuthorDate: 2022-10-17 06:02:43 +0000
>>  
>>   Commit: Yasuhiro Kimura <yasu@FreeBSD.org>
>>  
>>   CommitDate: 2023-11-18 00:26:25 +0000
>>  
>>   net/samba413: Mark DEPRECATED and set EXPIRATION_DATE
>>  
>>   Samba 4.13 has already reached its EoL on March 21, 2022. The
>>  main
>>  
>>   reason this port isn't removed yet is that Samba 4.16
>>  (net/samba416)
>>  
>>   doesn't work with FreeBSD 12. So mark DEPRECATED and set
>>  
>>   EXPIRATION_DATE to December 31, 2023, the EoL day of FreeBSD 12.
>>  
>>   PR: 267142
>>  
>>   Approved by: maintainer timeout
>>  
>>   ---
>>  
>>   net/samba413/Makefile | 3 +++
>>  
>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>  
>>   diff --git a/net/samba413/Makefile b/net/samba413/Makefile
>>  
>>   index e1a9f3717e4f..6afbeb0ef94b 100644
>>  
>>   --- a/net/samba413/Makefile
>>  
>>   +++ b/net/samba413/Makefile
>>  
>>   @@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ WWW= https://www.samba.org/
>>  
>>   LICENSE= GPLv3+
>>  
>>   LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
>>  
>>   +DEPRECATED= Reached its EoL on March 21, 2022
>>  
>>   +EXPIRATION_DATE= 2023-12-31
> 
> I still stand by my objection in here [1] saying that is should be
> at 
> 
> least 2024-03-31, not December for a number of reasons.
> 
> Michael
> 
> [1] https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=267142#c7

Hi,

I would argue that as we already have trouble keeping up as it is we
don't need to pile up more work which involves "manual" backporting
and reviewing as its abandoned upstream and I imagine that upstream
will diverge even more over time adding more time to it.

Best regards,

Daniel (diizzyy@)