www/dotproject out of date and vulnerable

[Kris Kennaway]

On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 03:18:01PM -0700, Fred Cox wrote:
> It's current state is that it will install a
> vulnerable version with either the installed php and
> mysql client or php5 and mysql5.  In the latter case,
> there are many bugs in the installed port.
> 
> If I submit what I have now, it will install the
> updated version with PHP4.  The user will still have
> to track down the mysql problem until I can do the
> right thing, but there will be a period of time while
> I learn about making a port from scratch.
> 
> I'm trying to get a read on whether imperfect
> improvement is worth checking in, or whether the
> typical thing is to wait for perfection, even if that
> might take a while.

"Will fail to package" is pretty far from perfection in my book :)

Mark the port FORBIDDEN if you have to, but a port that will not build
with default settings should not be committed.

Kris
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