[Bug 267501] x11-wm/nscde: Replace expired ksh2020 dependency, Remove DEPRECATED

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=267501

--- Comment #3 from Chris Moerz <freebsd@ny-central.org> ---
(In reply to Kubilay Kocak from comment #2)

thanks, you're making a fair point in regards to ksh.

Basically, upstream nscde requires $PREFIX/bin/ksh93 to run. Originally, it
even required it during build, which I assume can be relaxed since it switched
to autotools (though I have not tested that yet).

Upstream nscde does not make any assumptions about which ksh it needs to be -
at least not to my knowledge. I originally chose ksh2020 because it appeared to
be the most recent version. In hindsight, this might have been a mistake.

After the port's first iteration, I realized during some experiments that
ksh2020 did not compile on arm64. So I added the option to switch between
ksh2020 and ast-ksh, because I wanted to make it work on arm64 without
breaking/reinstalling it for existing installs on amd64.

When I saw the deprecation notice, I figured it would be best to move the whole
port to a ksh port that will remain stable. Admittedly, this will cause
reinstalls for those on ksh2020 and ast-ksh.

I'm a bit unsure what the "best practice" is in such a situation - obviously,
there could be numerous different ksh ports. Should I include options for all
available ksh ports (except the deprecated ones, obviously)?

I also understand, I should probably use the opportunity to investigate,
whether it's possible to remove ksh from the build dependency list?

Appreciate your inputs!

thanks
br chris

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