From nobody Wed Jun 05 05:12:41 2024 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4VvFwJ27Fbz5LbgM for ; Wed, 05 Jun 2024 05:13:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@gushi.org) Received: from prime.gushi.org (prime.gushi.org [IPv6:2620:137:6000:10::142]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "prime.gushi.org", Issuer "RapidSSL TLS RSA CA G1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4VvFwH6d3zz523G for ; Wed, 5 Jun 2024 05:13:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@gushi.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from smtpclient.apple ([71.26.39.97]) (authenticated bits=0) by prime.gushi.org (8.17.2/8.17.2) with ESMTPSA id 4555CvQA001068 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 5 Jun 2024 05:12:58 GMT (envelope-from freebsd@gushi.org) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.10.3 prime.gushi.org 4555CvQA001068 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gushi.org; s=prime2014; t=1717564378; bh=+TY5kX3lXZ7re8x1Om2/pg7S47qn7aWC9+Ht89NwIHs=; h=From:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:Cc:To:References; z=From:=20"Dan=20Mahoney=20(Ports)"=20|Subject:= 20Re:=20Request=20to=20revive=20a=20port?|Date:=20Wed,=205=20Jun=2 02024=2001:12:41=20-0400|In-Reply-To:=20|Cc:=20Brett=20Glass=20,=0D=0A=20ques tions@freebsd.org|To:=20Olivier=20|Re ferences:=20; b=CHXieI+9c7PdC8HhqQuEzzjT8iOcAdFeBpeCIz0N0BRNNoMChXTXxMoGmtndMnwGB s09HLyiVQAWP+hKiTPNfbCP6R8ikqLGiFtoe6rXaNVG9TOmsio/E8A5MMrhoP+kZR/ UQioZO3PTiOmMMEhZxat8J++xzoht+/qI1Fg/2AygAKxJsuy7yE9cjUbWfr7Pz0r61 cdIn1xkRKnQtvXyBAHdwn3/BeUn+fvtlztC/GlJXkVvGmiPo93C8BjaB85MZRXLggY S/Bab1f0EU535EX7fBlx+2fhQPkhE1KANlyEaILUF62DvQlBkaalyxlBxIVKeYYU5Z EL6nwav5dof+A== X-Authentication-Warning: prime.gushi.org: Host [71.26.39.97] claimed to be smtpclient.apple From: "Dan Mahoney (Ports)" Message-Id: <3FCDF511-30F7-4F1B-825F-98D60BBF4F78@gushi.org> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_0074B154-5009-4322-AF8F-826438C7893B" List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3774.600.62\)) Subject: Re: Request to revive a port? Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 01:12:41 -0400 In-Reply-To: Cc: Brett Glass , questions@freebsd.org To: Olivier References: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3774.600.62) X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:393507, ipnet:2620:137:6000::/44, country:US] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4VvFwH6d3zz523G --Apple-Mail=_0074B154-5009-4322-AF8F-826438C7893B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 According to freshports (https://www.freshports.org/editors/jove) it was = removed because there had been no update from upstream in 23 years. Perhaps the port should be revived to use this github version which = seems to show active development: https://github.com/jonmacs/jove It looks like vixie was the one who moved it to github =E2=80=94 I would = suggest giving a try to creating a new port for this version, and = submitting it. If this is something you find useful, it might be a = reasonable port to take maintainership of. -Dan > On Jun 5, 2024, at 00:50, Olivier wrote: >=20 >>> between FreeBSD 14.0 and 14.1, it seems to have dropped out of=20 >>> the port and package collections. It's very simple and stable >=20 > Ports are not really linked to a version of FreeBSD, I cannot find = Jove > on a 13.3 machine I have either. >=20 > It may be because there was no active maintener anymore, I see that = jove > is maintained by ports@freebsd.org, so no specific person in charge. >=20 > Best regards, >=20 > Olivier >=20 --Apple-Mail=_0074B154-5009-4322-AF8F-826438C7893B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 According to = freshports (https://www.freshports.or= g/editors/jove) it was removed because there had been no update from = upstream in 23 years.

Perhaps the port should be = revived to use this github version which seems to show active = development: