Bug 276980

Summary: net-p2p/libbt: Deprecate and set expiration date to 2024-03-31
Product: Ports & Packages Reporter: Daniel Engberg <diizzy>
Component: Individual Port(s)Assignee: Daniel Engberg <diizzy>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me Flags: bugzilla: maintainer-feedback? (egypcio)
Priority: ---    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   
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Description Daniel Engberg freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2024-02-11 12:48:10 UTC
Created attachment 248356 [details]
Patch for libbt

Last release in 2007 and no active development, lacks functionality found in modern implementations
Comment 1 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2024-02-25 19:58:28 UTC
A commit in branch main references this bug:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=762bf397ae5e0895b7d5172d69876ab904d0ecd7

commit 762bf397ae5e0895b7d5172d69876ab904d0ecd7
Author:     Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-02-25 19:53:55 +0000
Commit:     Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-02-25 19:54:03 +0000

    net-p2p/libbt: Deprecate and set expiration date to 2024-03-31

    Last release in 2007 and no active development, lacks functionality
    found in modern implementations.
    Redirect users to net-p2p/libtorrent-rasterbar or
    net-p2p/libtorrent-rasterbar2

    PR:             276980
    Approved by:    portmgr (maintainer timeout, 2+ weeks)

 net-p2p/libbt/Makefile | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)