With the inception of Ghostscript 10, 9 is not supported anymore and it has several open issues which are partially based on the custom patches applied. This PR is for discussing when and how to remove it from tree. A possible date is 2023-12-31. So in six months.
Created attachment 244943 [details] Git-formatted patch (expiration) Attached is a patch with expiration date set to 2023-12-31.
Created attachment 245019 [details] Git-formatted patch (removal) Here is the removal patch. Should be applied not before 2023-12-31.
Created attachment 245020 [details] Git-formatted patch (removal) Fix typo
It here anything I can do to move this forward?
Embrace your new commit bit with the power of: Approved by: hrs (maintainer-timeout) 3:)
By the by I think on a separate bug you should also request for an exp-run with the removal patch.
(In reply to Muhammad Moinur Rahman from comment #6) I agree with you. As soon as Bug 273864 has been closed I will split this one into two tickets.
A commit in branch main references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=bfd5ec44d9c34a70439334bf6f90eebe0cc11c3f commit bfd5ec44d9c34a70439334bf6f90eebe0cc11c3f Author: Michael Osipov <michaelo@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2023-10-24 14:04:05 +0000 Commit: Michael Osipov <michaelo@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2023-10-27 07:39:13 +0000 print/ghostscript9-agpl-*: deprecate and set expiration date to 2023-12-31 Ghostscript 10 has been released more than a year ago. From that date Ghostscript 9 is not supported by upstream anymore. PR: 272131 Approved by: jrm (mentor), maintainer timeout Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D42352 print/ghostscript9-agpl-base/Makefile | 3 +++ print/ghostscript9-agpl-x11/Makefile | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)