FreeBSD ports which are currently scheduled for deletion

Fri Jan 7 07:29:38 UTC 2011

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:           audio/ecawave
description:        Simple graphical audio file editor
maintainer:         sylvio at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: has been broken for over one year
expiration date:    2011-02-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=audio&portname=ecawave

portname:           devel/thistest
description:        A Java unit testing framework
maintainer:         alepulver at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: development has ceased; website disappeared
expiration date:    2011-04-11
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=thistest

portname:           dns/bind94
description:        The BIND DNS suite with updated DNSSEC and threads
maintainer:         dougb at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Reaches EOL May 2011
expiration date:    2011-04-30
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=dns&portname=bind94

portname:           dns/bind94-geoip
description:        The BIND DNS suite with updated DNSSEC and threads
maintainer:         dougb at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Reaches EOL May 2011
expiration date:    2011-04-30
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=dns&portname=bind94-geoip

portname:           emulators/xmamegui
description:        SDLMAME frontend that has been written using Java
maintainer:         alepulver at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: development has ceased; try emulators/qmc2 instead
expiration date:    2011-04-11
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=emulators&portname=xmamegui

portname:           games/airrox
description:        An 3D Air Hockey, which uses SDL & OpenGL
maintainer:         alepulver at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: development has ceased
expiration date:    2011-04-11
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=games&portname=airrox

portname:           games/bfm
description:        Battle for Mandicor is free RTS fantasy game using
                    Stratagus
maintainer:         alepulver at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: development has ceased; website disappeared
expiration date:    2011-04-11
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=games&portname=bfm

portname:           games/xracer
description:        Awesome WipeOut clone for OpenGL and X11!
maintainer:         bsdkaffee at gmail.com
deprecated because: has not been developed for 10 years
expiration date:    2011-04-11
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=games&portname=xracer

portname:           java/netbeans3
description:        A full-featured integrated environment for Java
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: old, unmaintained
expiration date:    2011-03-31
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=java&portname=netbeans3

portname:           java/netbeans4
description:        A full-featured integrated environment for Java
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: old, unmaintained
expiration date:    2011-03-31
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=java&portname=netbeans4

portname:           java/netbeans5
description:        A free and open-source IDE for Java
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: old, unmaintained
expiration date:    2011-03-31
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=java&portname=netbeans5

portname:           lang/gpc
description:        GNU Pascal compiler
maintainer:         alepulver at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: development has ceased; use lang/fpc instead
expiration date:    2011-04-11
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=lang&portname=gpc

portname:           mail/spamass-rules_du_jour
description:        Automatic updates of custom rulesets for SpamAssassin
maintainer:         michael at ranner.eu
deprecated because: Use sa-update instead
expiration date:    2011-01-31
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=mail&portname=spamass-rules_du_jour

portname:           net-p2p/gift-ares
description:        giFT plugin for the Ares peer-to-peer filesharing
                    network
maintainer:         alepulver at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: development has ceased; does not work
expiration date:    2011-04-11
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net-p2p&portname=gift-ares

portname:           net-p2p/torrent_swapper
description:        Sociable P2P network client based on Bittorrent
maintainer:         alepulver at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: development has ceased (last release is of 2006)
expiration date:    2011-04-11
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net-p2p&portname=torrent_swapper

portname:           net-p2p/torrentvolve
description:        Cross-platform PHP-driven web-based BitTorrent client
maintainer:         alepulver at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: development has ceased, and last release is beta
expiration date:    2011-04-11
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net-p2p&portname=torrentvolve

portname:           net/straw
description:        A GNOME 2 desktop weblog aggregator written in Python
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: abandoned upstream and does not work with python 2.6+
expiration date:    2011-03-31
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=straw

portname:           net/xbone-gui
description:        The GUI for XBone, a tool to deploy and manage
                    IP-based VPNs
maintainer:         xbone at isi.edu
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: will be unsupported by ASF when 2.4.0 is release,
                    migrate to 2.2.x+ now
expiration date:    2011-05-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=xbone-gui

portname:           security/mypasswordsafe
description:        Easy-to-use password manager compatible with Password
                    Safe
maintainer:         alepulver at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: development has ceased; try security/gorilla instead
expiration date:    2011-04-11
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=security&portname=mypasswordsafe

portname:           shells/bash3
description:        The GNU Project's Bourne Again SHell
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Use shells/bash or shells/bash-static instead
expiration date:    2011-01-21
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=shells&portname=bash3

portname:           shells/bash3-static
description:        The GNU Project's Bourne Again SHell
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Use shells/bash or shells/bash-static instead
expiration date:    2011-01-21
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=shells&portname=bash3-static

portname:           sysutils/gag
description:        Graphical Boot Manager
maintainer:         alepulver at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: no point in having it as a port, can be downloaded
                    from the website and burned
expiration date:    2011-04-11
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=sysutils&portname=gag

portname:           www/apache20
description:        Version 2.0.x of Apache web server with prefork MPM.
maintainer:         apache at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: will be unsupported by ASF when 2.4.0 is release,
                    migrate to 2.2.x+ now
expiration date:    2011-05-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=apache20

portname:           www/mediawiki112
description:        The wiki engine used by Wikipedia
maintainer:         gerrit.beine at gmx.de
deprecated because: abandoned upstream
expiration date:    2011-03-30
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=mediawiki112

portname:           www/mediawiki113
description:        The wiki engine used by Wikipedia
maintainer:         gerrit.beine at gmx.de
deprecated because: abandoned upstream
expiration date:    2011-03-30
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=mediawiki113

portname:           www/mediawiki114
description:        The wiki engine used by Wikipedia
maintainer:         gerrit.beine at gmx.de
deprecated because: abandoned upstream
expiration date:    2011-03-30
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=mediawiki114

portname:           www/mediawiki16
description:        The wiki engine used by Wikipedia
maintainer:         gerrit.beine at gmx.de
deprecated because: abandoned upstream
expiration date:    2011-03-30
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=mediawiki16

portname:           www/mod_auth_remote
description:        Allows users to authenticate on a remote web server
maintainer:         apache at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: will be unsupported by ASF when 2.4.0 is release,
                    migrate to 2.2.x+ now
expiration date:    2011-05-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=mod_auth_remote

portname:           www/mod_authenticache
description:        A generic credential caching module for Apache 2.0.x
maintainer:         apache at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: will be unsupported by ASF when 2.4.0 is release,
                    migrate to 2.2.x+ now
expiration date:    2011-05-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=mod_authenticache

portname:           www/mod_layout2
description:        Apache2 module to wrap served pages with a header
                    and/or footer
maintainer:         apache at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: will be unsupported by ASF when 2.4.0 is release,
                    migrate to 2.2.x+ now
expiration date:    2011-05-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=mod_layout2

portname:           www/mod_macro2
description:        Apache 2.0.x module for use macros in config files
maintainer:         apache at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: will be unsupported by ASF when 2.4.0 is release,
                    migrate to 2.2.x+ now
expiration date:    2011-05-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=mod_macro2

portname:           www/mod_pubcookie
description:        A single sign-on system for websites (apache module)
maintainer:         brooks at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: will be unsupported by ASF when 2.4.0 is release,
                    migrate to 2.2.x+ now
expiration date:    2011-05-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=mod_pubcookie

portname:           www/mod_traf_thief
description:        Allows you to redirect part of the traffic to your url
maintainer:         apache at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: will be unsupported by ASF when 2.4.0 is release,
                    migrate to 2.2.x+ now
expiration date:    2011-05-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=mod_traf_thief

portname:           www/mod_transform
description:        An XSLT and XIncludes Filter module for Apache 2.0
maintainer:         stan at stormier.net
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: will be unsupported by ASF when 2.4.0 is release,
                    migrate to 2.2.x+ now
expiration date:    2011-05-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=mod_transform