Re: git: 3a8fecac41c9 - main - sysutils/beats7: Remove, and point users to beats8

Dear Adam,

Am 03.01.2026 um 01:46 schrieb Adam Weinberger:
>      sysutils/beats7: Remove, and point users to beats8
>      
>      beats7 uses symbols from Go that were removed in go1.23, making it
>      unbuildable with anything beyond go1.22. Both go1.22 and go1.23 are EOL,
>      and I don't know of any way to fix it. It's going to become unsupported
>      upstream in 13 days, so its time has come.
>      
>      This commit also includes a MOVED entry that directs users to the
>      more-modern beats8.
do you think it would be possible to use a unique port name that does 
not change with an update like:

sysutils/beats

This would be much more user friendly as the user has just to do a `pkg 
upg` and must not uninstall and outdated version and install a fully new 
port.

Gruß
Matthias

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