Bug 277820 - dns/firedns: Consider deprecation of library
Summary: dns/firedns: Consider deprecation of library
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: Daniel Engberg
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Reported: 2024-03-19 20:16 UTC by Daniel Engberg
Modified: 2024-04-07 16:58 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description Daniel Engberg freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2024-03-19 20:16:29 UTC 
Upstream seems gone, sunset 2024-04-30 and redirect users to dns/c-ares ?
Comment 1 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2024-04-07 16:51:42 UTC 
A commit in branch main references this bug:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=b096bdf7806f860563090505abbf08972d567820

commit b096bdf7806f860563090505abbf08972d567820
Author:     Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-04-07 15:56:39 +0000
Commit:     Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-04-07 16:50:07 +0000

    dns/firedns: Deprecate and set expiration date to 2024-04-30

    Abandonware, upstream is gone and last release in 2004 and it also
    depends on unfetchable misc/firestring. Point users to dns/c-ares

    PR:             277820
    Approved by:    portmgr (maintainer timeout, 2+ weeks)

 dns/firedns/Makefile | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)