FreeBSD ports which are currently scheduled for deletion

linimon at FreeBSD.org linimon at FreeBSD.org
Sun Jun 18 01:37:29 UTC 2006


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:           devel/libhash
description:        A library for manipulating hash tables
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Download unavailable anymore
expiration date:    2006-07-14
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=libhash


portname:           emulators/linux_base
description:        Basic packages for Linux mode from Red Hat 7.3/i386
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: unsupported by upstream, no security support anymore
expiration date:    2006-09-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=emulators&portname=linux_base


portname:           emulators/linux_base-8
description:        Base set of packages needed in Linux mode (for
                    i386/amd64)
maintainer:         freebsd-emulation at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: unsupported by upstream, no security support anymore
expiration date:    2006-09-01
build errors:
http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/amd64-errorlogs/e.6.2006022322/linux_base-8-8.0_15.log (Jun 13 18:32:10 UTC 2006)
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=emulators&portname=linux_base-8


portname:           emulators/linux_base-debian
description:        Debian base set for the Linux mode
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: unmaintained and does not comply to the linux_base
                    invariants
expiration date:    2006-09-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=emulators&portname=linux_base-debian


portname:           emulators/linux_base-fc3
description:        Base set of packages needed in Linux mode (for
                    i386/amd64)
maintainer:         freebsd-emulation at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: superseeded by linux_base-fc4 port
expiration date:    2006-07-01
build errors:
http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/amd64-errorlogs/e.5.2006022500/linux_base-fc-3_3.log (May 18 08:23:44 UTC 2006)
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=emulators&portname=linux_base-fc3


portname:           emulators/linux_base-rh-9
description:        Base set of packages needed in Linux mode (only for
                    i386)
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: unsupported by upstream, no security support anymore
expiration date:    2006-09-01
build errors:
http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/amd64-errorlogs/e.7.2006042002/linux_base-rh-9.log (Apr 25 16:03:23 UTC 2006)
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=emulators&portname=linux_base-rh-9


portname:           emulators/linux_base-suse-9.1
description:        Basic packages for Linux mode from SUSE 9.1/i386
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: unmaintained and does not comply to the linux_base
                    invariants
expiration date:    2006-09-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=emulators&portname=linux_base-suse-9.1


portname:           emulators/linux_base-suse-9.2
description:        Basic packages for Linux mode from SUSE 9.2/i386
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: unmaintained and does not comply to the linux_base
                    invariants
expiration date:    2006-09-01
build errors:
http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/amd64-errorlogs/e.7.2006042002/linux_base-suse-9.2.log (Apr 25 16:03:23 UTC 2006)
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=emulators&portname=linux_base-suse-9.2


portname:           emulators/linux_base-suse-9.3
description:        Basic packages for Linux mode from SUSE 9.3/i386
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: unmaintained and does not comply to the linux_base
                    invariants
expiration date:    2006-09-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=emulators&portname=linux_base-suse-9.3


portname:           graphics/GIFgraph
description:        A Perl package to generate PNG charts
maintainer:         ls at gambit.com.ru
deprecated because: This module is simply a wrapper around GD::Graph and
                    is deprecated.  One should simply use
                    graphics/p5-GD-Graph
expiration date:    2007-01-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=graphics&portname=GIFgraph


portname:           japanese/xemacs-devel-canna+freewnn
description:        XEmacs(beta version) text editor(SJ3, SKK, Canna and
                    FreeWnn)
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Unsupported and broken very long time
expiration date:    2006-08-05
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=xemacs-devel-canna%2Bfreewnn


portname:           japanese/xemacs-devel-canna+wnn6
description:        XEmacs(beta version) text editor(SJ3, SKK, Canna and
                    Wnn6)
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Unsupported and broken very long time
expiration date:    2006-08-05
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=xemacs-devel-canna%2Bwnn6


portname:           japanese/xemacs-devel-freewnn
description:        XEmacs(beta version) text editor(SJ3, SKK and FreeWnn)
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Unsupported and broken very long time
expiration date:    2006-08-05
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=xemacs-devel-freewnn


portname:           japanese/xemacs-devel-wnn6
description:        XEmacs(beta version) text editor(SJ3, SKK and Wnn6)
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Unsupported and broken very long time
expiration date:    2006-08-05
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=xemacs-devel-wnn6


portname:           misc/matrix-kmod
description:        Screensaver for console (matrix_saver.ko) "Matrix"
                    like
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Unfetchable
expiration date:    2006-07-15
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=matrix-kmod


portname:           net-im/jabber
description:        Online presence and instant messaging server
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: fd_set -- bitmap index overflow in multiple
                    applications.
expiration date:    2006-07-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net-im&portname=jabber


portname:           net/opengk
description:        Equivalence's H323 GateKeeper for OpenH323 OhPhone and
                    NetMeeting
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Latest version is from 2003-02-03. Use net/gatekeeper
                    instead
expiration date:    2006-07-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=opengk


portname:           net/samba
description:        A free SMB and CIFS client and server for UNIX
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             FORBIDDEN
deprecated because: 
expiration date:    2006-08-20
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=samba


portname:           security/p5-Crypt-OpenPGP
description:        Pure-Perl OpenPGP-compatible PGP implementation
maintainer:         erwin at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Crypt-OpenPGP was abandoned in 2002, use
                    security/gnupg instead
expiration date:    2006-07-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=security&portname=p5-Crypt-OpenPGP


portname:           sysutils/ledit
description:        Line editor to be used with interactive commands
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Does not build
expiration date:    2006-07-14
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=sysutils&portname=ledit


portname:           textproc/sed_inplace
description:        A modified version of the sed(1) which can do in-place
                    editing of files
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: This port is not required anymore
expiration date:    2006-07-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=textproc&portname=sed_inplace


portname:           textproc/xml4j
description:        XML for Java parser
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: it has been replaced by textproc/xerces-j 8 years ago
expiration date:    2006-07-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=textproc&portname=xml4j


portname:           x11-wm/aewm++
description:        The C++ version of aewm
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: The project is dead, a fork exists: xaewm
expiration date:    2006-07-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-wm&portname=aewm%2B%2B


portname:           x11/settitle
description:        A program for setting the title of terminal emulator
                    windows
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Download unavailable anymore
expiration date:    2006-07-14
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11&portname=settitle


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