svn commit: r310016 - head/print/freetype

[Bryan Drewery]

On 1/7/2013 11:08 AM, Chris Rees wrote:
> 
> On 7 Jan 2013 16:56, "Glen Barber" <gjb at freebsd.org
> <mailto:gjb at freebsd.org>> 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.
> 
> Really?  If this is true, it's a bug with portmaster.
> 
> Chris
> 

IMHO this is not a bug. Users should not be installing deprecated ports
or they should have to jump through hoops or it should not be deprecated
if it is actually needed still.

-- 
Regards,
Bryan Drewery
bdrewery at freenode/EFNet

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