svn commit: r310016 - head/print/freetype

Glen Barber gjb at FreeBSD.org
Mon Jan 7 16:56:31 UTC 2013


On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 12:21:37PM +0100, Koop Mast wrote:
> > Log:
> >    Remove deprecation of print/freetype.  This port is needed for the
> >    textproc/docproj build with CJK set.
> >    
> >    Assign maintainer to doceng@ until a suitable replacement is found.
> >
> 
> I meant this deprecation line as a reminder that this port will go away. 
> Because there are still users in the ports tree that don't have a 
> solution yet there is no expire date.
> 

Unfortunately, tools like portmaster will not install this port (and as
a result, the textproc/docproj port build will fail) because of the
deprecated line.

> Does this mean your going to handle deprecating this port and removing 
> it when there are no users anymore?
> 

Yes, I will handle deprecation and expiration once the binaries/shlibs
we depend on are replaced.

Glen

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