Re: Obsolete Ports for firefox-x11 and thunderbird-x11
I had been working on getting their ports updated at one point, but it's a lot of work and I don't think I ever finished the job... On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 7:33 AM, Johannes Kastl m...@ojkastl.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi everyone, I just stumbled upon the ports for firefox and thunderbird, and thought this would be an easy way to ensure I always have a recent version on each machine, where port upgrade outdated is run periodically. But they are, how to put this delicately, stinking old? Or am I missing something here? $ port info thunderbird-x11 firefox-x11 thunderbird-x11 @2.0.0.22 (mail, x11) Variants: debug, universal Description: Thunderbird makes emailing safer, faster and easier than ever before with the industry's best implementations of features such as intelligent spam filters, a built-in spell checker, extension support, and much more. Homepage: http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ Build Dependencies: pkgconfig Library Dependencies: libidl, glib2, zip, gtk2, gnome-vfs, gnome-icon-theme, cairo, nspr Platforms:darwin License: MPL Maintainers: nomaintai...@macports.org -- firefox-x11 @7.0.1_3 (www, x11) Variants: debug, gnome, official_branding Description: Firefox empowers you to browse faster, more safely and more efficiently than with any other browser. Homepage: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Build Dependencies: findutils, pkgconfig, autoconf213, yasm, apple-gcc42 Library Dependencies: heimdal, gconf, esound, libcanberra, findutils, gtk2, mesa, xorg-libXt Platforms: darwin License: unknown Maintainers: nomaintai...@macports.org Shouldn't we delete them, so no user will actually use these old farts? TB 2.0 is from 2007, FF 7 is from 2001. If these are the actual versions, I do not want to know how many critical bugs have been fixed since... Of course it would be nice if someone would step up and maintain them. I'm lacking both time and experience. Regards, Johannes - -- What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke. (Steve Martin) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with SeaMonkey - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlLOlwQACgkQzi3gQ/xETbJ68wCZAeZtX7RmFWNHkgUKBfRvKsEw nvkAoJc8S2peE5VarQoFJtRZuiZns218 =xnHr -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev ___ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
Re: Obsolete Ports for firefox-x11 and thunderbird-x11
On Jan 9, 2014, at 06:33, Johannes Kastl wrote: I just stumbled upon the ports for firefox and thunderbird, and thought this would be an easy way to ensure I always have a recent version on each machine, where port upgrade outdated is run periodically. But they are, how to put this delicately, stinking old? Or am I missing something here? You are correct. They are very outdated. https://trac.macports.org/ticket/33069 https://trac.macports.org/ticket/33068 $ port info thunderbird-x11 firefox-x11 thunderbird-x11 @2.0.0.22 (mail, x11) Variants: debug, universal Description: Thunderbird makes emailing safer, faster and easier than ever before with the industry's best implementations of features such as intelligent spam filters, a built-in spell checker, extension support, and much more. Homepage: http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ Build Dependencies: pkgconfig Library Dependencies: libidl, glib2, zip, gtk2, gnome-vfs, gnome-icon-theme, cairo, nspr Platforms:darwin License: MPL Maintainers: nomaintai...@macports.org -- firefox-x11 @7.0.1_3 (www, x11) Variants: debug, gnome, official_branding Description: Firefox empowers you to browse faster, more safely and more efficiently than with any other browser. Homepage: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Build Dependencies: findutils, pkgconfig, autoconf213, yasm, apple-gcc42 Library Dependencies: heimdal, gconf, esound, libcanberra, findutils, gtk2, mesa, xorg-libXt Platforms: darwin License: unknown Maintainers: nomaintai...@macports.org Shouldn't we delete them, so no user will actually use these old farts? TB 2.0 is from 2007, FF 7 is from 2001. If these are the actual versions, I do not want to know how many critical bugs have been fixed since… I agree. They should be deleted. https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39022 https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39023 https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39024 Of course it would be nice if someone would step up and maintain them. I'm lacking both time and experience. What benefit would you get from having updated versions of these ports, that you would not get by downloading the pre-compiled binaries from the developer’s web site? The previous maintainer of these ports gave up because it was an enormous amount of work to build these complicated software packages. There would have to be a good reason for someone to continue to invest that amount of time. ___ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
Re: Obsolete Ports for firefox-x11 and thunderbird-x11
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09.01.14 16:23 Ryan Schmidt wrote: What benefit would you get from having updated versions of these ports, that you would not get by downloading the pre-compiled binaries from the developer’s web site? The previous maintainer of these ports gave up because it was an enormous amount of work to build these complicated software packages. There would have to be a good reason for someone to continue to invest that amount of time. The only benefit I could see would be, that you get the updates as soon as you upgrade your ports, even before you open Firefox on that machine. But its questionable if this is worth the effort, I agree. Regards, Johannes - -- Why is it that New Jersey got all the toxic waste dumps and California got all the lawyers? New Jersey had first choice. (unknown) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with SeaMonkey - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlLOzvgACgkQzi3gQ/xETbKwXQCfUj/ZTOXbsKcaxQwAlI32wNv7 diMAnjea7Gki0lUjarKQk9Ecj4coPKYk =pMbI -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
Re: Obsolete Ports for firefox-x11 and thunderbird-x11
On Jan 9, 2014, at 10:31, Johannes Kastl wrote: On 09.01.14 16:23 Ryan Schmidt wrote: What benefit would you get from having updated versions of these ports, that you would not get by downloading the pre-compiled binaries from the developer’s web site? The previous maintainer of these ports gave up because it was an enormous amount of work to build these complicated software packages. There would have to be a good reason for someone to continue to invest that amount of time. The only benefit I could see would be, that you get the updates as soon as you upgrade your ports, even before you open Firefox on that machine. But its questionable if this is worth the effort, I agree. The ports are for X11 versions of the software whereas the binaries you can download from Mozilla are Cocoa versions. So unless you have specific desire for X11 versions, I think you’re better off using Mozilla’s binaries. ___ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
