Bug 269349 - print/ghostscript9-x11: deprecate and remove port
Summary: print/ghostscript9-x11: deprecate and remove port
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Ports & Packages
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Individual Port(s) (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Some People
Assignee: Daniel Engberg
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2023-02-05 20:30 UTC by Michael Osipov
Modified: 2023-03-15 10:34 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

See Also:

Attachments
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.
Description Michael Osipov 2023-02-05 20:30:03 UTC 
This version has been superseded by 9.56.x long time ago, please deprecate and remove by 2023-06-30.
Comment 1 Fernando Apesteguía freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2023-02-06 13:06:30 UTC 
Hi Michael,

Thanks for the info.

We don't have 9.56 in the ports tree yet.

ghostscript8-{base,x11} and ghostscript9-{base,x11} have no maintainer. Pinging hrs@ to see if he agrees it is safe to remove these ports.
Comment 2 Michael Osipov 2023-02-06 13:08:14 UTC 
(In reply to Fernando Apesteguía from comment #1)

We do: https://www.freshports.org/print/ghostscript9-agpl-base/

I have been using it for years. They just changed the license.
Comment 3 Michael Osipov 2023-02-16 22:06:42 UTC 
(In reply to Fernando Apesteguía from comment #1)

There are also other ghostscript related issues reported which are either broken or do not reproduce anymore. No reaction from port maintainer. I assume that he's not effectively maintaining them anymore. I have tried to evaluate all open issues and added comments whether they reproduce or not. I am eager to have last 9.x fixed and 10 into ports.
Comment 4 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2023-03-13 10:04:58 UTC 
A commit in branch main references this bug:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=8db04ca1c9cff2cfd01c1a4ab6f7839be710550c

commit 8db04ca1c9cff2cfd01c1a4ab6f7839be710550c
Author:     Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2023-03-13 09:49:20 +0000
Commit:     Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-03-13 10:02:55 +0000

    print/ghostscript9-x11: Deprecate and set expiration date to 2023-03-31

    Released over 10 years ago and unsupported by upstream, point users to
    print/ghostscript9-agpl-x11

    PR:             269349
    Reported by:    Michael Osipov <michael.osipov@siemens.com>

 print/ghostscript9-x11/Makefile | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
Comment 5 Daniel Engberg freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2023-03-13 10:08:13 UTC 
Commited, thanks for reporting!
Comment 6 Michael Osipov 2023-03-15 10:34:18 UTC 
(In reply to Daniel Engberg from comment #5)

Thank you! I have much more for ghostscript, because there are many outdated ports. Can you have a look at them as well: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?email1=michael.osipov%40siemens.com&emailassigned_to1=1&emailreporter1=1&emailtype1=exact&list_id=593966&order=changeddate%20DESC%2Copendate&query_format=advanced&resolution=---