FreeBSD ports which are currently scheduled for deletion
linimon at FreeBSD.org
linimon at FreeBSD.org
Fri Aug 21 06:39:53 UTC 2009
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 (such as via a PR),
the ports will be deleted.
portname: databases/firebird-client
description: The open-source InterBase(tm) 6.0 spin-off (client)
maintainer: skv at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: no longer under development, please consider using
Firebird2
expiration date: 2009-02-24
build errors:
http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/amd64-errorlogs/e.6.20090708211753/firebird-client-1.5.5.log.bz2 (_Jul__9_23:46:41_UTC_2009)
http://pointyhat.freebsd.org/errorlogs/i386-errorlogs/e.6.20090816211632/firebird-client-1.5.5.log (_Aug_17_06:30:52_UTC_2009)
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=databases&portname=firebird-client
portname: databases/firebird-server
description: The open-source InterBase(tm) 6.0 spin-off (Classic
version)
maintainer: skv at FreeBSD.org
status: IGNORE
deprecated because: no longer under development, please consider using
Firebird2
expiration date: 2009-02-24
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=databases&portname=firebird-server
portname: databases/ruby-dbd_interbase
description: InterBase driver for DBI-for-Ruby
maintainer: ruby at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: no longer under development
expiration date: 2009-10-01
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=databases&portname=ruby-dbd_interbase
portname: databases/ruby-dbd_msql
description: mSQL driver for DBI-for-Ruby
maintainer: ruby at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: no longer under development
expiration date: 2009-10-01
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=databases&portname=ruby-dbd_msql
portname: databases/ruby-dbd_proxy
description: Proxy/Server driver for DBI-for-Ruby
maintainer: ruby at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: no longer under development
expiration date: 2009-10-01
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=databases&portname=ruby-dbd_proxy
portname: devel/p5-Algorithm-MDiff
description: Perl interface to calculate m-difference between two
objects
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: the module was removed from CPAN
expiration date: 2009-09-09
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=p5-Algorithm-MDiff
portname: devel/p5-Data-Postponed
description: Delay the evaluation of expressions to allow changes
to variables
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: the module was removed from CPAN
expiration date: 2009-09-09
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=p5-Data-Postponed
portname: devel/pecl-svn
description: A PECL extension to the libsvn library
maintainer: wenheping at gmail.com
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: does not compile with subversion-1.6
expiration date: 2009-09-09
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=pecl-svn
portname: graphics/php4-ffmpeg
description: The ffmpeg shared extension for php
maintainer: acm at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: development continues only for php5
expiration date: 2009-10-12
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=graphics&portname=php4-ffmpeg
portname: math/freefem++
description: An implementation of a language dedicated to the
finite element method
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: fails to compile with up-to-date compilers, nobody
really interested
expiration date: 2009-08-20
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=math&portname=freefem%2B%2B
portname: math/it++
description: Mathematical, signal processing and communication
library
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: fails to compile with up-to-date compilers, nobody
really interested to maintain this
expiration date: 2009-08-20
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=math&portname=it%2B%2B
portname: multimedia/phonon
description: Multimedia framework for KDE4
maintainer: kde at FreeBSD.org
status: IGNORE
deprecated because: superseded by multimedia/qt4-phonon
expiration date: 2009-09-06
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=multimedia&portname=phonon
portname: multimedia/phonon-gstreamer
description: Phonon gstreamer backend
maintainer: kde at FreeBSD.org
status: IGNORE
deprecated because: superseded by multimedia/qt4-phonon-gst
expiration date: 2009-09-06
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=multimedia&portname=phonon-gstreamer
portname: multimedia/sabbu
description: Program used to time subtitles
maintainer: dinoex at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: development has stopped in 2005
expiration date: 2009-10-12
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=multimedia&portname=sabbu
portname: net-mgmt/net-snmp4
description: An extendable SNMP implementation
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Use net-mgmt/net-snmp port instead
expiration date: 2009-07-01
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net-mgmt&portname=net-snmp4
portname: net-mgmt/p5-SNMP
description: A perl5 module for interfacing with the CMU SNMP
library
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Perl SNMP module is now a part of net-mgmt/net-snmp
expiration date: 2009-08-15
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net-mgmt&portname=p5-SNMP
portname: net/asterisk12-addons
description: Additional modules for the Asterisk Open Source PBX
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: does not build
expiration date: 2009-09-08
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=asterisk12-addons
portname: www/jakarta-tomcat4
description: Open-source Java web server by Apache, stable 4.0.x
branch
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: www/jakarta-tomcat5 is recommended instead for new
installations
expiration date: 2009-01-12
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=jakarta-tomcat4
portname: www/jakarta-tomcat5
description: Open-source Java web server by Apache, 5.0.x branch
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Old version, consider using www/tomcat55 or
www/tomcat6 instead
expiration date: 2009-01-12
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=jakarta-tomcat5
portname: www/mod_auth_mysql41_ap2
description: MySQL 4.1 and Apache 2 port of mod_auth_mysql
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
status: IGNORE
deprecated because: distfile no longer fetchable
expiration date: 2009-10-17
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=mod_auth_mysql41_ap2
portname: www/zope-btreefolder2
description: Zope product that can store many items
maintainer: kaeru at inigo-tech.com
deprecated because: Included in Zope 2.8 and later
expiration date: 2007-08-31
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=zope-btreefolder2
portname: x11-toolkits/gtkscintilla
description: A wrapper for the Scintilla editing component
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: no longer under development, last release in 2002
expiration date: 2009-10-13
build errors:
http://pointyhat.freebsd.org/errorlogs/i386-errorlogs/e.6.20090819184554/gtkscintilla-0.8.2_6.log (_Aug_16_11:57:48_UTC_2009)
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-toolkits&portname=gtkscintilla
portname: x11-toolkits/p5-Gnome
description: The main Gnome module of Gtk-Perl
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: Has been broken for more than 6 months
expiration date: 2008-09-19
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-toolkits&portname=p5-Gnome
portname: x11-toolkits/py-gtkscintilla
description: A Python bindings for gtkscintilla library
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: no longer under development, last release in 2002
expiration date: 2009-10-13
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-toolkits&portname=py-gtkscintilla
portname: x11-toolkits/xclasses
description: C++ layout library for X
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Version branch long since retired
expiration date: 2007-10-28
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-toolkits&portname=xclasses
portname: x11/electricsheep
description: A nice distributed screensaver
maintainer: dougb at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: No tarball for new versions, sheep server is gone
expiration date: 2009-10-01
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11&portname=electricsheep
portname: x11/kxgenerator
description: KDE utility to configure the X server
maintainer: makc at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Project abandoned, master site disappeared
expiration date: 2009-09-08
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11&portname=kxgenerator
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