FreeBSD unmaintained ports which are currently scheduled for deletion

[linimon at FreeBSD.org]

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:           archivers/py-tarfile
description:        Python library for reading and writing tarballs
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: all development activity in this port has been merged
                    into mainline python after 2.4
expiration date:    2010-08-07
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=archivers&portname=py-tarfile


portname:           devel/codeville
description:        An "anarchic" control version system without
                    unnecessary re-merges
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Dead project.
expiration date:    2010-08-31
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=codeville


portname:           graphics/lphoto
description:        A complete desktop solution for digital photo
                    management
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: broken
expiration date:    2010-03-30
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=graphics&portname=lphoto


portname:           mail/ngmp
description:        A full AJAX based web app for messaging and
                    collaboration
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: does not compile and no longer supported by upstream
expiration date:    2010-08-18
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=mail&portname=ngmp


portname:           net-mgmt/net-snmp4
description:        An extendable SNMP implementation
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
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-p2p/javadc
description:        Open source Java DirectConnect (TM) command-line
                    client
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: is ancient, unmaintained, works only with JDK 1.3, no
                    master site
expiration date:    2010-08-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net-p2p&portname=javadc


portname:           net/pathchar
description:        LBNL Internet path characterization tool
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: has been broken for 2+ years, no sources available
expiration date:    2010-09-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=pathchar


portname:           textproc/py-xmltools
description:        High level XML tools for Python
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: has been broken for 4 months
expiration date:    2010-01-08
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=textproc&portname=py-xmltools


portname:           www/linux-nvu
description:        A complete Web Authoring System
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: NVU 1.0, released June 2005, is the last official
                    release of NVU.  Kompozer has picked up where NVU has
                    left off. Please consider using 
                    /home/linimon/ports/www/kompozer instead
expiration date:    2010-08-05
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=linux-nvu