FreeBSD ports which are currently scheduled for deletion

linimon at FreeBSD.org linimon at FreeBSD.org
Fri Mar 18 20:51:00 PST 2005


As part of an ongoing effort to reduce the number of problems in
the FreeBSD ports system, we periodically schedule removal of ports
that have been judged to have outlived their usefulness.  Often,
this is due to a better alternative having become available and/or
the cessation of development on the existing port.  In some cases,
ports are marked for removal because they fail to build and install
correctly from their sources, or otherwise fail in operation.

The ports, and the reason and date that they have been scheduled
for removal, are listed below.  If no one has stepped forward before
that time to propose a way to fix the problems, the ports will be
deleted.

The goal of this posting is to make this process much more visible
to the wider FreeBSD community.

portname:           databases/gnats
description:        Cygnus GNATS bug tracking system
maintainer:         ceri at FreeBSD.org
status:             FORBIDDEN
deprecated because: Security issues
expiration date:    2004-08-20
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=databases&portname=gnats


portname:           devel/p5-Config-Ini
description:        Perl interface to MS-Windows registry and .ini files
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: no longer on CPAN
expiration date:    2005-04-17
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=p5-Config-Ini


portname:           devel/p5-Server-FastPL
description:        Perl module to eliminate the compile-time of big
                    scripts
maintainer:         tobez at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: no longer on CPAN
expiration date:    2005-03-21
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=p5-Server-FastPL


portname:           devel/swarm
description:        The Swarm Simulation System
maintainer:         horance at freera.net
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Does not compile
expiration date:    2005-02-18
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=swarm


portname:           editors/gxedit
description:        A simple GTK+ editor
maintainer:         dom at happygiraffe.net
deprecated because: project no longer exists
expiration date:    2005-06-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=editors&portname=gxedit


portname:           editors/ooodict-es_ES
description:        Spanish (Spain) MySpell dictionary for OpenOffice.org
maintainer:         openoffice at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Checksum mismatch
expiration date:    2005-02-18
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=editors&portname=ooodict-es_ES


portname:           emulators/linux_base-6
description:        The base set of packages needed in Linux mode
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             FORBIDDEN
deprecated because: RHSA-2004:383-01, RHSA-2000-115, RHSA-2000-117
expiration date:    2005-05-14
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=emulators&portname=linux_base-6


portname:           graphics/qtutils
description:        QuickTime Utilities
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: libquicktime API changed
expiration date:    2005-06-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=graphics&portname=qtutils


portname:           graphics/togl
description:        A Tk OpenGL widget
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Resulting application unusable, cf. PR ports/76293
expiration date:    2005-07-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=graphics&portname=togl


portname:           japanese/latex2html
description:        Japanese LaTeX2HTML with JA patch
maintainer:         ixtl at utmc.or.jp
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Conflicting dependencies (ja-ptex-base and teTeX)
expiration date:    2005-02-18
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=latex2html


portname:           mail/sendmail811
description:        Reliable, highly configurable mail transfer agent with
                    utilities
maintainer:         dinoex at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: please update to a newer version
expiration date:    2005-05-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=mail&portname=sendmail811


portname:           mail/sendmail812
description:        Reliable, highly configurable mail transfer agent with
                    utilities
maintainer:         dinoex at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: please update to a newer version
expiration date:    2005-04-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=mail&portname=sendmail812


portname:           math/p5-Math-BigIntFast
description:        Perl module wrapper for Bit::Vector to provide big
                    integer math
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: no longer on CPAN
expiration date:    2005-03-26
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=math&portname=p5-Math-BigIntFast


portname:           math/p5-Statistics-Table-F
description:        Perl module for computing the statistical F-ratio
maintainer:         tobez at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: no longer on CPAN
expiration date:    2005-03-21
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=math&portname=p5-Statistics-Table-F


portname:           misc/kfile_torrent
description:        Konqueror KFilePlugin to display info about BitTorrent
                    .torrent files
maintainer:         lioux at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: It will included on KDE 3.4 which should be released
                    around March, 2005
expiration date:    2005-04-31
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=kfile_torrent


portname:           misc/yaucg
description:        A bash Script which will get you the today's
                    Userfriendly.org Picture
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: master site disappeared, script probably broken
expiration date:    2005-06-01
build errors:
http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/amd64-errorlogs/e.5.2004100719/yaucg-0.2_1.log (Mar  7 04:30:55 UTC 2005)
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=yaucg


portname:           net/archie.el
description:        A mock-interface to Archie for Emacs
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: master site disappeared
expiration date:    2005-06-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=archie.el


portname:           net/arla
description:        A free AFS client implementation
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Does not build
expiration date:    2005-02-18
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=arla


portname:           net/licq-jons-gtk-gui
description:        Jons GTK plugin for licq
maintainer:         dinoex at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: project stalled, no more releases
expiration date:    2005-04-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=licq-jons-gtk-gui


portname:           net/openldap21-client
description:        Open source LDAP client implementation
maintainer:         eik at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: EOL, no longer actively maintained by the OpenLDAP
                    Project. Please use OpenLDAP 2.2 instead
expiration date:    2005-03-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=openldap21-client


portname:           net/openldap21-sasl-client
description:        Open source LDAP client implementation with SASL2
                    support
maintainer:         eik at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: EOL, no longer actively maintained by the OpenLDAP
                    Project. Please use OpenLDAP 2.2 instead
expiration date:    2005-03-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=openldap21-sasl-client


portname:           net/openldap21-sasl-server
description:        Open source LDAP server implementation with SASL2
                    support
maintainer:         eik at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: EOL, no longer actively maintained by the OpenLDAP
                    Project. Please use OpenLDAP 2.2 instead
expiration date:    2005-03-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=openldap21-sasl-server


portname:           net/openldap21-server
description:        Open source LDAP server implementation
maintainer:         eik at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: EOL, no longer actively maintained by the OpenLDAP
                    Project. Please use OpenLDAP 2.2 instead
expiration date:    2005-03-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=openldap21-server


portname:           net/tramp-emacs20
description:        Transparent remote file access tool for emacsen
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Emacs21 version is available
expiration date:    2005-04-20
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=tramp-emacs20


portname:           polish/ooodict_PL
description:        Polish (Poland) MySpell dictionary for OpenOffice.org
maintainer:         openoffice at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Checksum mismatch
expiration date:    2005-02-18
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=polish&portname=ooodict_PL


portname:           sysutils/cfengine
description:        GNU cfengine - a systems administration tool for
                    networks
maintainer:         gordon at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: EOL - consider using cfengine-2.x instead
expiration date:    2005-09-14
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=sysutils&portname=cfengine


portname:           sysutils/doconfig
description:        Kernel "config" wrapper ala Digital Unix's doconfig
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: master site disappeared
expiration date:    2005-06-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=sysutils&portname=doconfig


portname:           textproc/p5-Sort-PolySort
description:        General rules-based sorting of lists
maintainer:         tobez at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: no longer on CPAN
expiration date:    2005-03-21
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=textproc&portname=p5-Sort-PolySort


portname:           textproc/py-4suite
description:        A collection of Python tools for XML processing and
                    object database management
maintainer:         mike at skew.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: has a broken pkg-plist that removes dozens of files
                    not installed by this port
expiration date:    2005-04-18
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=textproc&portname=py-4suite


portname:           www/p5-HTML-Navigation
description:        Perl module for creating generic HTML navigation bars
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: no longer on CPAN
expiration date:    2005-03-26
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=p5-HTML-Navigation


portname:           x11/eweather
description:        Weather epplet for Enlightenment similar to wmWeather
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Does not work with new wmweather
expiration date:    2005-05-01
build errors:
http://pointyhat.freebsd.org/errorlogs/i386-errorlogs/e.4.2005021819/E-Weather-0.4b_2.log (Mar  6 05:42:36 GMT 2005)
overview:           http://portsmon.firepipe.net/portoverview.py?category=x11&portname=eweather


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