Re: remove lang/erlang-runtime21-26 & update lang/erlang -> OTP28

Hello :D

On Mon, 27 Apr 2026, Dave Cottlehuber wrote:

> hi erlangers
> 
> Some proposed changes:
> 
> - add OTP29 as soon as its ready
> - update lang/erlang to OTP28
> - retire OTP21-26 as they're not supported upstream
> - remove databases/leofs as upstream has not been updated in 6 years
> 
> AFAICT there are no other ports still dependent on very old erlang versions so this shouldn't be a problem.
> 
> If there's no objections I'll do this mid May.

I think Erlang 26 is not getting security patches anymore, so I guess 
the time has come :D

(we might even have erlang28/erlang29 with some Mk magic to pick the 
preferred one like Python etc., but bumping to 28 would be good 
enough)

Should I give a look at it?

-- 
jimmy