Bug 287305 - devel/ossp-al: Sunset port?
Summary: devel/ossp-al: 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: 2025-06-04 19:47 UTC by Daniel Engberg
Modified: 2025-06-07 10:00 UTC (History)
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vd: maintainer-feedback+

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Description Daniel Engberg freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2025-06-04 19:47:46 UTC 
Now that mail/lmtp2nntp is being sunset is there any reason to keep this in tree?
Comment 1 Vasil Dimov freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2025-06-05 07:09:35 UTC 
In general devel/ossp-al seems like it could be useful and is not broken. The last version is from 20 years ago and there are modern ways to achieve what it does. Ok to deprecate and remove devel/ossp-al.

By the way, how is devel/ossp-al related to mail/lmtp2nntp?

Thanks for the cleanup!
Comment 2 Daniel Engberg freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2025-06-05 18:53:58 UTC 
Listed dependency of devel/ossp-ex which mail/lmtp2nntp depends on

https://repology.org/project/ossp-al/versions looks like it's dropped from most repos and/or never packaged
Comment 3 Vasil Dimov freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2025-06-06 03:59:30 UTC 
I see, thanks!

Ok to deprecate and remove devel/ossp-al.
Comment 4 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2025-06-06 16:53:30 UTC 
A commit in branch main references this bug:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=c9430c0e6982bc889a684db58aa4ac81f0c92571

commit c9430c0e6982bc889a684db58aa4ac81f0c92571
Author:     Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-06-06 15:21:35 +0000
Commit:     Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-06-06 16:51:53 +0000

    devel/ossp-al: Deprecate and set expiration date to 2025-07-31

    Obsolete and abandoned upstream, last release in 2005

    PR:             287305
    Reviewed by:    vd (maintainer)

 devel/ossp-al/Makefile | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
Comment 5 Daniel Engberg freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2025-06-07 10:00:49 UTC 
Committed, thanks!