cvs commit: ports LEGAL MOVED ports/devel Makefile ports/devel/libisc Makefile distinfo

[Alex Kozlov]

On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 10:11:07AM -0200, Renato Botelho wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 01:49:55PM +0200, Alex Kozlov wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 09:16:42AM -0200, Renato Botelho wrote:
> > > On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 12:34:38PM +0200, Alex Kozlov wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 10:08:47AM +0000, Renato Botelho wrote:
> > > > > garga       2010-11-08 10:08:47 UTC
> > > > > 
> > > > >   FreeBSD ports repository
> > > > > 
> > > > >   Modified files:
> > > > >     .                    LEGAL MOVED 
> > > > >     devel                Makefile 
> > > > >     emulators            Makefile 
> > > > >     misc                 Makefile 
> > > > >     security             Makefile 
> > > > >     www                  Makefile 
> > > > >   Removed files:
> > > > >     devel/libisc         Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist 
> > > > >     devel/libisc/files   patch-Makefile 
> > > > >     emulators/vmware-guestd3 Makefile pkg-descr pkg-plist 
> > > > >     emulators/vmware-guestd3/files vmware-guestd.sh 
> > > > >     emulators/vmware-tools3 Makefile pkg-descr pkg-plist 
> > > > >     misc/bidwatcher      Makefile distinfo pkg-descr 
> > > > >     misc/bidwatcher/files patch-Makefile.in patch-bidwatcher.cpp 
> > > > >                           patch-bidwatcher.h patch-helpers.cpp 
> > > > >     misc/compat3x        Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist 
> > > > Please revert misc/compat3x part.
> > > > This package is a convenient method to install compatibility libraries
> > > > for old binary applications for 3.x. With it removal users will have
> > > > to manually download 3.x distribution, manually extract the needed
> > > > libraries and install them.
> > > 
> > > I think users who want to use compat3x will need to do it by themselves.
> > > This port was marked as FORBIDDEN for over 6 years because of multiple
> > > CVEs, version 3.x is not supported for long time now.
> > I don't see how these CVEs will be fixed if the port is removed.
> > As You say, this port marked as FORBIDDEN for a long time so users
> > who install it know, what they're doing. 3.x may be not supported in
> > the ports, but freebsd still supports binary compatibility down to 2.x.
> > Also by your logic You need to remove misc/compat4, misc/compat5 and
> > misc/compat6(soon). Do You plan to do this?
> I'm saying just for ports, not for kernel binary compatibility, ports
> system just has support for 6.4+, so compat4x and compat5x will be
> certainly removed one of these days.
> 
> compat3x was marked as DEPRECATED and had an EXPIRATION_DATE set for 2
> months, and during this time, nobody complained about it.
2010-09-08 I wrote private mail to pgollucci@, unfortunatelly he did not
respond.
 
> Users who want compat3x can checkout Attic from ports collection cvs
> server and install the port.
It seems that I can't convince you.


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Adios