Bug 32999

Summary: New ports: devel/ORBacus4
Product: Ports & Packages Reporter: XuYifeng <xuyifenghz>
Component: Individual Port(s)Assignee: Tilman Keskinoz <arved>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   
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Description XuYifeng 2001-12-19 04:50:01 UTC 
	New ports: ORBacus-4.1.0, ORBacus-4.1.0 is an IONA's CORBA 2.3 implemention 
	with rich features. the ports file was uuencoded and locates at Fix section.
Comment 1 Ying-Chieh Liao freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-06-18 21:05:40 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-ports->portmgr

repo-copy first : ORBacus -> ORBacus4
Comment 2 Tilman Linneweh 2002-06-18 21:42:10 UTC 
[CCed to devel/ORBacus Maintainer]

Do we really need 2 ORBacus Ports in the Portstree?

The devel/ORBacus Port is quite out of date
- It isn't at the latest release of the 3.x 
- It uses the old OMG CORBA 2.0 specification (dated 1997),
which has, AFAI am into the CORBAstuff, a lot of disadvantages against
the actual 2.4 specification.

IMHO nobody would start to develop an application based on this ORB now
adays. I
I think this PR can be used to update the devel/ORBacus port.

regards
arved
Comment 3 Ade Lovett freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-06-19 02:48:35 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: portmgr->ports

Since the current ORBacus port is (a) horrendously outdated and 
(b) has no other ports depending on it, I think the repocopy is overkill, 
and the port should simply be updated as-is. 

Therefore, back to ports@ for a ports committer to deal with it.
Comment 4 Pete Fritchman freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-06-19 03:02:06 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: ports->freebsd-ports

Misfiled.
Comment 5 Will Andrews freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-06-27 11:48:56 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->feedback

This PR needs a patch submitted against devel/ORBacus if it wants to 
get committed.  I agree with ade and Tilman that this doesn't justify a 
new port.  The devel/ORBacus port hasn't been touched in more than 2 years.
Comment 6 Tilman Keskinoz freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-10-20 18:00:01 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-ports->arved

I'll handle this
Comment 7 Tilman Keskinoz freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2003-02-20 12:37:58 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: feedback->suspended

The distfile isn't avialable anymore on the MASTER_SITE. Also the License is unclear. I was not able to get a statement from IONA (but know I am on their spamlist :-(. Until there is new information I will suspend this PR.
Comment 8 Tilman Keskinoz freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2003-10-28 19:17:25 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: suspended->closed

Obviously OB isn't Opensource anymore. There is no point in adding 
it to the ports collection, if there is no strong demand from the  
userbase. (Me and ejb are not using OB anymore).