svn commit: r310016 - head/print/freetype

Koop Mast kwm at rainbow-runner.nl
Mon Jan 7 18:20:34 UTC 2013


On 7-1-2013 17:56, Glen Barber wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 12:21:37PM +0100, Koop Mast wrote:
>>> Log:
>>>     Remove deprecation of print/freetype.  This port is needed for the
>>>     textproc/docproj build with CJK set.
>>>     
>>>     Assign maintainer to doceng@ until a suitable replacement is found.
>>>
>> I meant this deprecation line as a reminder that this port will go away.
>> Because there are still users in the ports tree that don't have a
>> solution yet there is no expire date.
>>
> Unfortunately, tools like portmaster will not install this port (and as
> a result, the textproc/docproj port build will fail) because of the
> deprecated line.

Hmm that sucks, If I had known this I wouldn't have put it in there.. 
IMO this shouldn't be fatal.

>> Does this mean your going to handle deprecating this port and removing
>> it when there are no users anymore?
>>
> Yes, I will handle deprecation and expiration once the binaries/shlibs
> we depend on are replaced.
>
> Glen
>

Thanks!

-Koop


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