Bug 285231 - net-p2p/phex: Sunset port
Summary: net-p2p/phex: Sunset port
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: 2025-03-07 21:20 UTC by Daniel Engberg
Modified: 2025-03-16 12:21 UTC (History)
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Description Daniel Engberg freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2025-03-07 21:20:40 UTC 
Abandonware, last update upstream was in 2009
http://www.phex.org/mambo/

Point users to gtk-gnutella which still seems to be active upstream?
https://github.com/gtk-gnutella/gtk-gnutella
Comment 1 Jason E. Hale freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2025-03-07 21:22:32 UTC 
(In reply to Daniel Engberg from comment #0)
Yeah, phex can go. I doubt it even still works.
Comment 2 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2025-03-16 12:19:54 UTC 
A commit in branch main references this bug:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=4890d7fd44707d458e187f3768e0c2371955ddc4

commit 4890d7fd44707d458e187f3768e0c2371955ddc4
Author:     Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-03-16 11:55:10 +0000
Commit:     Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-03-16 12:13:36 +0000

    net-p2p/phex: Deprecate and set expiration date to 2025-04-30

    Abandonware, last update upstream in 2009.
    Point users to net-p2p/gtk-gnutella (unmaintained) but is still active.

    Reference:
    https://github.com/gtk-gnutella/gtk-gnutella

    PR:             285231
    Reviewed by:    jhale (maintainer)

 net-p2p/phex/Makefile | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
Comment 3 Daniel Engberg freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2025-03-16 12:21:47 UTC 
Thanks!