Re: git: 0c895b819c3f - main - net/http_ping: Deprecate and set expiration date to 2024-02-29

From: Hiroki Sato <hrs_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 20:51:30 UTC
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Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org> wrote
  in <202401221958.40MJwjFC061115@gitrepo.freebsd.org>:

di> The branch main has been updated by diizzy:
di>
di> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=0c895b819c3f189a44cb30344b85968ef5b08c10
di>
di> commit 0c895b819c3f189a44cb30344b85968ef5b08c10
di> Author:     Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org>
di> AuthorDate: 2024-01-22 19:51:22 +0000
di> Commit:     Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org>
di> CommitDate: 2024-01-22 19:58:36 +0000
di>
di>     net/http_ping: Deprecate and set expiration date to 2024-02-29
di>
di>     Only supports HTTP/1.0 which is considered deprecated and being
di>     phased out.
di>
di>     If the functionality is still of interest
di>     https://github.com/fever-ch/http-ping appears to be a good replacement
di>
di>     PR:             276186
di>     Approved by:    portmgr (maintainer timeout, 2+ weeks)

I do not understand why a tool with no build or functionality issue
should be removed because it only supports HTTP/1.0.  Do we have a
policy to remove ports based on a lack of modern protocol support or
fewer users?

-- Hiroki

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