Re: git: ece1cb52e7ff - main - security/sssd: mark port deprecated

From: Michael Osipov <michaelo_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 10:23:45 UTC 
On 2024-02-03 07:25, Gleb Popov wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 3, 2024 at 8:53 AM John Hixson <jhixson@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>
>> The branch main has been updated by jhixson:
>>
>> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=ece1cb52e7ffa225bc1c8ed659c5974ef1c0088d
>>
>> commit ece1cb52e7ffa225bc1c8ed659c5974ef1c0088d
>> Author:     John Hixson <jhixson@FreeBSD.org>
>> AuthorDate: 2024-02-03 05:51:53 +0000
>> Commit:     John Hixson <jhixson@FreeBSD.org>
>> CommitDate: 2024-02-03 05:51:53 +0000
>>
>>      security/sssd: mark port deprecated
>>
>>      - Very old version of this port no longer supported
>>      - sssd-devel has current versions
> 
> Why not just update this port to the devel version?

I agree with Gleb. This is unnecessarily confusing and many will likely 
refuse to use a -devel port in production. Other ports do have regular 
ports and real -devel ports as well. For me, this violates POLA somewhat.

M