Re: removing thunderbird102, firefox115?

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 05:09:01PM +0000, David Brownlee wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 at 14:16, <iris000%duck.com@localhost> wrote:
> >
> > Thomas Klausner wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > We have the current thunderbird (mail/thunderbird) and firefox
> > > (www/firefox) releases, the current ESR releases (mail/thunderbird115,
> > > www/firefox128) but also the previous ESR releases
> > > (mail/thunderbid102, www/firefox115).
> > >
> > > Is there a point in keeping mail/thunderbid102 and www/firefox115 in
> > > pkgsrc? Please let me know.
> >
> > In case you missed it, Firefox ESR 115 was extended from September 2024
> > to March 2025, when further support will be reevaluated, but if I
> > understand correctly, it's meant for Windows 7/8/8.1 and macOS 10.12 -
> > 10.14 and is probably not recommended for new designs.
> >
> > Someone did report a problem with Google Maps on www/firefox128
> > <http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2024/11/07/msg040528.html>,
> > and on NetBSD/i386 10.0, pkgsrc-bulk builds of www/firefox128 seem to
> > have been failing since the package was introduced in August.
> >
> > Thunderbird ESR 128 is also available.
> >
> > > Otherwise my plan is to remove them in a week.
> 
> I'd prefer to see firefox115 remain for now marked with a comment to the effect:
> 
> # Currently this package remains in pkgsrc while updates to
> dependencies do not impose significant additional effort
> # This may be reviewed in future or if a volunteer steps forward to
> actively maintain
> 
> but I am not stepping forward to be that specific volunteer, so will
> not complain if it is retired.
> 
> (I would be OK with thunderbird102 being dropped)

I'm reluctant to leave unsupported versions here, but you spoke up for
firefox115 and hauke seems to be working on thunderbird102 so I won't
touch them for now.

I'd appreciate it if they had MAINTAINERs though; otherwise I'll
probably remove them once they need further patching (like
thunderbird102 currently already does).
 Thomas