git: c6093a753e76 - main - databases/mysql55-server: fix check-plist

[Torsten Zuehlsdorff]

On 11.04.21 10:39, Tobias Kortkamp wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 01:10:17AM +0200, Adriaan de Groot wrote:
>> No. Omitting the CMake argument changes the problem to "now there is an
>> orphaned directory docs/". I suppose I *could* make it point somewhere that
>> already exists, and then drop the post-install papering -- I'd prefer it if
>> ale@ (maintainer, CC'ed) made that call, though: my primary concern is to deal
>> simple with all the package-build failures that occur *before* upgrading
>> CMake.
> 
> Why do we still have MySQL 5.5?  It has been EOL since December
> 2018.  Why should we continue to fix it?  Shouldn't we put a
> deprecation notice on the port now and let it expire?

Same would be true for 5.7 since 2019:
https://www.mysql.com/de/support/eol-notice.html
(You need to search for "Support EOL for MySQL 5.7 on FreeBSD")

And this would reduce it to 8.0? Which is quite a troublesome choice :D

Best,
Torsten