www/flashpluginwrapper

[Adam Weinberger]

>> (02.18.2004 @ 0858 PST): Norikatsu Shigemura said, in 1.1K: <<
> On 18 Feb 2004 01:27:43 -0500
> Adam Weinberger <adamw at magnesium.net> wrote:
> > Please reconsider removing flashpluginwrapper. I find it ludicrous that
> > I should have to manually apply a patch every time I want to update my
> > system. As flashpluginwrapper works, there is no harm in allowing it to
> > remain in the tree until such time as -STABLE actually support
> > linuxpluginwrapper.
> > This port is not deprecated. It is still of use to those of us who don't
> > wish to be manually applying patches to src all the time.
> 
> 	I don't know why you said such a thing.  I see.  linimon@ was
> 	committed about it.  OK.
> 
> 	I will not remove flashpluginwrapper.  But I think that anyone
> 	doesn't want to use this port.  Because it was upgrade to
> 	linuxpluginwrapper.  Of cause, I know many people who is using
> 	non-libmap.conf(5) feature's environment.  So I'm keeping it.
> 
> 	In the current case, I was wrong to set IGNORE.  So I'll change
> 	like following lines.  Please wait (or Adam, you can commit by
> 	my approval).
> 
> 	1. remove IGNORE, EXPIRATION_DATE.
> 	2. change MAINTAINER to ports at .
> 	3. replace pre-everything:: or DEPRECATED from IGNORE message.
> 
> 	Is this OK?
>> end of "Re: www/flashpluginwrapper" from Norikatsu Shigemura <<

On systems on which linuxflashplugin will work out-of-the-box (i.e. 5.X,
4.X after a week ago), I think flashpluginwrapper should still be marked
IGNORE, and should instruct people to use linuxflashplugin.

On linuxflashplugin, I think that the messages in the Makefile should be
modified to indicate that some flavours of -STABLE do not need to apply
patches to src.

I agree, however, that EXPIRATION_DATE should be removed.

I think the time to deprecate this port is when it's no longer
applicable to supported versions of FreeBSD. Removing it would harm more
people that allowing it to remain would.

# Adam


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