FreeBSD ports which are currently scheduled for deletion

linimon at FreeBSD.org linimon at FreeBSD.org
Tue Jan 7 08:28:40 UTC 2014


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/postgis
description:        Adds support for geographic objects to PostgreSQL
                    databases
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: EOLed upstream
expiration date:    2013-12-16
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=databases&portname=postgis


portname:           devel/llvm
description:        Low Level Virtual Machine
maintainer:         brooks at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Migrate to devel/llvm32 or newer
expiration date:    2013-11-04
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=llvm


portname:           devel/mico
description:        Secure, reliable, production-quality, standards-based
                    CORBA middleware
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Broken for more than 6 month
expiration date:    2013-12-22
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=mico


portname:           dns/maradns
description:        DNS server with focus on security and simplicity
maintainer:         mat at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: MaraDNS 1 end-of-life: June 21, 2015
expiration date:    2015-06-21
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=dns&portname=maradns


portname:           emulators/seabios-devel
description:        SeaBIOS git snapshot (for emulators/qemu-devel)
maintainer:         nox at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Outdated, no longer needed, broken on 10+
expiration date:    2014-01-15
build errors:
http://beefy2.isc.freebsd.org/bulk/10-release-amd64-RELENG10_0/latest/logs/errors/seabios-devel-1.6.3.1.log ((not currently populated))
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=emulators&portname=seabios-devel


portname:           emulators/ski
description:        HP's Ski IA-64 simulator
maintainer:         freebsd-ia64 at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: ski-0.943l-2.i386.rpm does not exist on HP's site
                    anymore and there's no apparent interest in the port
expiration date:    2014-03-24
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=emulators&portname=ski


portname:           games/warsow-data
description:        Warsow data files
maintainer:         acm at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Broken for more than 6 month
expiration date:    2013-12-22
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=games&portname=warsow-data


portname:           graphics/luxrender
description:        Physically based and unbiased rendering system
maintainer:         danfe at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Broken for more than 6 month
expiration date:    2013-11-18
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=graphics&portname=luxrender


portname:           graphics/tinyows
description:        High Performance WFS-T server
maintainer:         joris.dedieu at gmail.com
deprecated because: Depends on expired databases/postgis
expiration date:    2014-01-16
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=graphics&portname=tinyows


portname:           lang/perl5.12
description:        Practical Extraction and Report Language
maintainer:         perl at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Consider switching to a more recent version of Perl
expiration date:    2014-02-14
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=lang&portname=perl5.12


portname:           lang/php52
description:        PHP Scripting Language
maintainer:         admin at lissyara.su
deprecated because: PHP 5.2 series is strongly discouraged for new 
                    installations, migrate now
expiration date:    2014-03-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=lang&portname=php52


portname:           lang/python26
description:        Interpreted object-oriented programming language
maintainer:         python at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Python 2.6 is now end-of-life, please migrate to
                    lang/python27
expiration date:    2014-01-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=lang&portname=python26


portname:           lang/python31
description:        Interpreted object-oriented programming language
maintainer:         python at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Python 3.1 will be end-of-life soon, please migrate to
                    lang/python33
expiration date:    2014-06-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=lang&portname=python31


portname:           mail/pop-before-smtp
description:        A log parser to identify valid POP/IMAP logins for
                    later smtp
maintainer:         jadawin at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: No more active project
expiration date:    2014-01-27
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=mail&portname=pop-before-smtp


portname:           misc/libmcal
description:        Modular Calendar Access Library
maintainer:         thierry at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: No more used and development discontinued
expiration date:    2013-12-31
build errors:
http://beefy2.isc.freebsd.org/bulk/10-release-amd64-RELENG10_0/latest/logs/errors/libmcal-0.7_2.log ((not currently populated))
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=libmcal


portname:           multimedia/kino
description:        A DV non-linear video editor
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Not developed since 2009, declared dead 05.08.2013 on
                    there website.
expiration date:    20140130
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=multimedia&portname=kino


portname:           multimedia/vdr-plugin-softdevice
description:        Video Disk Recorder - softdevice plugin
maintainer:         nox at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Broken after ffmpeg update (not sure it ever worked)
expiration date:    2014-01-31
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=multimedia&portname=vdr-plugin-softdevice


portname:           multimedia/xbmc-addon-xvdr
description:        XBMC xvdr pvr addon
maintainer:         nox at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Depends on expired multimedia/xbmc-pvr
expiration date:    2014-02-01
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=multimedia&portname=xbmc-addon-xvdr


portname:           multimedia/xbmc-pvr
description:        XBMC is an award winning media center application -
                    PVR branch
maintainer:         nox at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: multimedia/xbmc and multimedia/xbmc-addon-pvr are
                    newer
expiration date:    2013-12-31
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=multimedia&portname=xbmc-pvr


portname:           net/asterisk10
description:        An Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit
maintainer:         flo at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: asterisk 10 reached EOL on 2013-12-15
expiration date:    2014-02-28
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=asterisk10


portname:           ports-mgmt/pkg_install
description:        FreeBSD -STABLE version of the package tools
maintainer:         portmgr at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Replaced by ports-mgmt/pkg
expiration date:    2014-04-30
build errors:
http://beefy2.isc.freebsd.org/bulk/10-release-amd64-RELENG10_0/latest/logs/errors/pkg_install-20120822.log ((not currently populated))
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=ports-mgmt&portname=pkg_install


portname:           sysutils/mbmon
description:        Motherboard monitor for LM78/79, W8378x, AS99127F,
                    VT82C686 and ADM9240
maintainer:         5u623l20 at gmail.com
deprecated because: Use sysutils/xmbmon instead. This port will be removed
                    soon
expiration date:    2014-01-31
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=sysutils&portname=mbmon


portname:           www/mod_log_config-st
description:        Modified version of mod_log_config for apache2
maintainer:         apache at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Upstream site gone since 2011-03
expiration date:    2014-02-08
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=mod_log_config-st


portname:           www/mod_log_mysql
description:        Allows Apache 2 to log to a MySQL database
maintainer:         apache at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Upstream site gone since 2011-03
expiration date:    2014-02-08
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=mod_log_mysql


portname:           www/suphp
description:        Securely execute PHP scripts under Apache
maintainer:         ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: Upstream dead, EOL:
                    https://lists.marsching.com/pipermail/suphp/2013-May/002554.html
expiration date:    2013-12-17
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=www&portname=suphp


portname:           x11-drivers/xf86-video-imstt
description:        X.Org imstt display driver
maintainer:         x11 at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Broken, unsupported and unmaintained upstream.
expiration date:    2014-01-31
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-drivers&portname=xf86-video-imstt


portname:           x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau
description:        Free nouveau display driver for nvidia-based cards
maintainer:         x11 at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Not supported, missing kernel support. use the nvidia
                    driver.
expiration date:    2014-01-31
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-drivers&portname=xf86-video-nouveau


portname:           x11-drivers/xf86-video-radeonhd
description:        X.Org ati RadeonHD display driver
maintainer:         x11 at FreeBSD.org
status:             IGNORE
deprecated because: Abandond upstream since 2010
expiration date:    2014-02-28
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-drivers&portname=xf86-video-radeonhd


portname:           x11-drivers/xf86-video-via
description:        X.Org via display driver
maintainer:         x11 at FreeBSD.org
status:             BROKEN
deprecated because: Broken, not supported upstream.
expiration date:    2014-01-31
build errors:       none.
overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=x11-drivers&portname=xf86-video-via


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