[Bug 267185] devel/git: make PCRE2 default and remove OPTION
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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 20:04:56 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=267185
Bug ID: 267185
Summary: devel/git: make PCRE2 default and remove OPTION
Product: Ports & Packages
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Some People
Priority: ---
Component: Individual Port(s)
Assignee: garga@FreeBSD.org
Reporter: michael.osipov@siemens.com
Flags: maintainer-feedback?(garga@FreeBSD.org)
Assignee: garga@FreeBSD.org
PCRE(1) has been deprecated for quite some time now and superseded by PCRE2.
All users are advised to switch to it.
http://pcre.org/ says:
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There are two major versions of the PCRE library. The current version, PCRE2,
released in 2015, is now at version 10.39.
The older, but still widely deployed PCRE library, originally released in 1997,
is at version 8.45. This version of PCRE is now at end of life, and is no
longer being actively maintained. Version 8.45 is expected to be the final
release of the older PCRE library, and new projects should use PCRE2 instead.
======================
Since Git does support PCRE2 there is no reason to stick to the old one anymore
after seven years after its inception.
Proposal: Remove the port option altogether and always depend on PCRE2 port
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