Bug 237413 - Deprecate x11/xsel in favor of xsel-conrad
Summary: Deprecate x11/xsel in favor of xsel-conrad
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Ports & Packages
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Individual Port(s) (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Only Me
Assignee: Tobias Kortkamp
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Reported: 2019-04-20 11:57 UTC by Tobias Kortkamp
Modified: 2019-05-08 19:35 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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tobik: maintainer-feedback-

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xsel.diff (324 bytes, patch)
2019-04-20 11:57 UTC, Tobias Kortkamp 		tobik: maintainer-approval? (portmaster)
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Description Tobias Kortkamp freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2019-04-20 11:57:15 UTC 
Created attachment 203824 [details]
xsel.diff

Most Linux distributions provide a xsel package which we package
as xsel-conrad [1].  The different package name between systems.
is a big POLA violation.  xsel-conrad has a lot more features, is
more popular, and kind of expected to _be_ xsel at this point in time.

I propose that we either deprecate and remove this port in favor
of xsel-conrad which we can then rename to xsel.

Or rename this port to x11/xsel-legacy to avoid future confusion.

[1] https://repology.org/project/xsel/versions
Comment 1 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2019-05-04 09:21:57 UTC 
A commit references this bug:

Author: tobik
Date: Sat May  4 09:20:55 UTC 2019
New revision: 500797
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/500797

Log:
  Deprecate x11/xsel

  Most Linux distributions, OpenBSD, and pkgsrc provide a xsel package
  which we confusingly package as xsel-conrad, while providing an
  incompatible xsel package.  x11/xsel-conrad has a lot more features
  than x11/xsel, is more popular, and is what is expected to be xsel
  at this point in time.

  PR:		237413
  Approved by:	portmaster@bsdforge.com (maintainer timeout, 2 weeks)

Changes:
  head/x11/xsel/Makefile
Comment 2 Tobias Kortkamp freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2019-05-08 19:35:13 UTC 
Port removed in ports r501041.