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:           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:           misc/ezload
description:        Firmware down/uploader for Cypress' EZ-USB chip
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: does not build with new USB stack in 8-STABLE
expiration date:    2010-04-04
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=ezload


portname:           misc/gkrellmbgchg
description:        A plugin for GKrellM, which changes the desktop's
                    background image
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: use misc/gkrellmbgchg2
expiration date:    2010-01-31
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=gkrellmbgchg


portname:           multimedia/kbtv
description:        KDE TV viewer for FreeBSD
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: no longer under development by author
expiration date:    2010-03-04
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=multimedia&portname=kbtv


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/mpd
description:        Multi-link PPP daemon based on netgraph(4) [legacy
                    version]
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: obsoleted, unsupported port. Use net/mpd4, net/mpd5
                    instead
expiration date:    2010-01-22
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=mpd


portname:           net/plb
description:        A high-performance HTTP load balancer
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: broken; abandoned by author; use net/relayd or
                    www/nginx instead
expiration date:    2010-02-16
build errors:
http://pointyhat.freebsd.org/errorlogs/i386-errorlogs/e.9.20100107122952/plb-0.3_7.log.bz2 (_Dec_11_11:04:16_UTC_2009)
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=plb


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