[Bug 248633] mail/getmail: uses obsolete python2, fork for python3 available

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            Bug ID: 248633
           Summary: mail/getmail: uses obsolete python2, fork for python3
                    available
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: jrm at freebsd.org
          Reporter: m.bueker at berlin.de
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(jrm at freebsd.org)
          Assignee: jrm at freebsd.org

getmail-5.14 depends on python-2.7, and there is no upstream effort to port to
python3. If nothing happens, getmail will soon (EXPIRATION_DATE=2020-09-15)
fall out of the ports tree without any replacement.

Fortunetely, a fork ported to python3 has recently been published. It lives at:
https://github.com/getmail6/getmail6/

The first release (6.02) has just been tagged. I have created a port that
compiles, installs and runs on my system (11.4-p2) without problems. I suggest
that a new port named mail/getmail6 be added to the ports tree, and users
encouraged to migrate to it from mail/getmail upon expiration.

Please find the Makefile etc attached. As my experience in port maintenance is
very limited, I'd appreciate someone checking on it.

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