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

[Florian Smeets]

On 11.04.21 12:14, Tobias Kortkamp wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 11:54:51AM +0200, Torsten Zuehlsdorff wrote:
>> On 11.04.21 10:39, Tobias Kortkamp wrote:
>>> 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")
> 
> But 5.7 is still supported elsewhere until October 2023, right?  So
> it would still get security and other updates that also apply to
> FreeBSD regardless of official support.  This is unlike 5.5 which
> is not supported anywhere anymore and won't get any updates at all.
> 

FWIW, I intend to remove databases/percona55-* soon. It has also been 
EOL upstream for a while.

https://www.percona.com/services/policies/percona-software-support-lifecycle#mysql

Percona Server for MySQL 5.6 is still getting new releases.

Florian
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