Subject: Re: Packages scheduled for removal before 2006Q3
To: Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@netbsd.org>
From: Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4@gmail.com>
List: pkgsrc-users
Date: 09/25/2006 14:19:47
On 9/25/06, Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/22/06, Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@netbsd.org> wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > fyi, below is a list of packages which are going to be purged from the
> > pkgsrc tree before 2006Q3 branch is cut along with reasons for doing so.
> >
> > - Mozilla and friends
> >
> >   www/mozilla
>
> Makefile-thunderbird.common now includes seamonkey/Makefile.common,
> which unfortunately breaks thunderbird installation completely, as it
> is not similar to the old mozilla Makefile:
> ....
> root@loan8> make
> => Required installed package digest>=20010302: digest-20050731 found
> => Fetching thunderbird-1.0.5-source.tar.bz2
> Requesting http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/1.0.5/thunderbird-1.0.5-source.tar.bz2
> ftp: Error retrieving file - `404 Not Found'
> fetch: Unable to fetch expected file thunderbird-1.0.5-source.tar.bz2
> Connected to manna.mozilla.org.
> 220 (vsFTPd 2.0.1)
> 331 Please specify the password.
> 230 Login successful.
> Remote system type is UNIX.
> Using binary mode to transfer files.
> 200 Switching to Binary mode.
> 250 Directory successfully changed.
> 250 Directory successfully changed.
> 250 Directory successfully changed.
> 250 Directory successfully changed.
> 250 Directory successfully changed.
> local: thunderbird-1.0.5-source.tar.bz2 remote: thunderbird-1.0.5-source.tar.bz2
> 229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||57122|)
> 550 Failed to open file.
> 221 Goodbye.
> fetch: Unable to fetch expected file thunderbird-1.0.5-source.tar.bz2
> .....
>
>
>
>
> >   www/mozilla-bin
> >   www/mozilla-bin-nightly
> >   www/mozilla-gtk2
> >   www/moz-bin-plugger
> >   multimedia/mplayer-plugin-mozilla
> >   multimedia/mplayer-plugin-mozilla-gtk2
> >   multimedia/moz-bin-flash
> >   multimedia/moz-flash
> >
> >   No longer developed upstream, notoriously vulnerable, won't ever be
> >   fixed.  There is www/seamonkey whish aims to be Mozilla suite
> >   replacement.
> >
> > - GNU Zebra
> >
> >   net/zebra
> >
> >   No longer developed upstream, literally for years.  Vulnerable, nobody
> >   stepped up to fix it.  Use net/quagga.
> >
> > - Cube
> >
> >   games/cube
> >
> >   No longer supported upstream, contains several security
> >   vulnerabilities which according to its authors won't ever be fixed.
> >
> > - Quake 3
> >
> >   games/quake3arena
> >   games/quake3arena-demo
> >   games/quake3server
> >   games/quake3server-excessive
> >   games/quake3server-osp
> >   games/quake3server-ra3
> >   games/quake3server-ut
> >
> >   Abandoned upstream, numerous security vulnerabilities which will be
> >   unlikely ever fixed.
> >


Ditto for sunbird (as expected). Firefox is OK, as it does not attempt
to include seamonkey's Makefile.



> >
> > regards,
> >
> > --
> > -- Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@{NetBSD,Xtrmntr,silcnet}.org>   --
> >
> >
> >
>