Opened 17 years ago

Closed 17 years ago

Last modified 15 years ago

#11565 closed update (fixed)

Request removal of libidl1 port

Reported by: rhwood@… Owned by: rhwood@…
Priority: High Milestone:
Component: ports Version:
Keywords: Cc:
Port:

Description

I would like to remove the libidl1 port since:

  1. No port relies on it
  2. It breaks port libidl (at least version 0.8.8) during the build phase, since it is an older version of libidl but linked against glib1 instead of glib2.
  3. The maintainer does not have a MacPorts Trac account.

Removal would involve the following steps:

  1. Rewrite libidl1 port to not install anything but to depend on libidl
  2. Make sure that libidl1 is version bumped so people who upgrade get the port rolled out of thier system
  3. After a set period of time (1-3 months?) remove libidl1 from the port tree

Change History (13)

comment:1 Changed 17 years ago by pipping@…

see also #11570.

comment:2 Changed 17 years ago by pipping@…

Milestone: Available Ports

comment:3 Changed 17 years ago by jmpp@…

Milestone: Available PortsPort Updates

Randall, can you please coordinate the work needed to remove this port? Clearly you're more involved with it than Elias and I, the two Trac slaves sweeping tickets these days ;-) Setting this one to "Port updates", as that's the main step needed for its removal.

-jmpp

comment:4 Changed 17 years ago by pipping@…

libidl1 is still depended upon through:

mozilla-devel +aqua firefox-x11 +use_system_dependencies

comment:5 Changed 17 years ago by pipping@…

libidl1 is still depended upon through:

  • mozilla-devel +aqua
  • firefox-x11 +use_system_dependencies

comment:6 Changed 17 years ago by rhwood@…

Owner: changed from macports-dev@… to rhwood@…
Status: newassigned

comment:7 Changed 17 years ago by rhwood@…

Type: enhancementtask

comment:8 Changed 17 years ago by rhwood@…

Remove dependencies from mozilla-devel in changeset:25818 and from firefox-x11 in changeset:25817

comment:9 Changed 17 years ago by rhwood@…

Changeset:25819 steps 1 and 2 of the removal process outlined above.

comment:10 Changed 17 years ago by nox@…

Priority: ImportantHigh
Type: taskenhancement

comment:11 Changed 17 years ago by rhwood@…

Resolution: fixed
Status: assignedclosed

Removed from the ports tree in changeset:27787 This completes the process of cleanly removing this port, so I am closing this ticket.

comment:12 Changed 15 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)

Type: enhancementupdate

comment:13 Changed 15 years ago by (none)

Milestone: Port Updates

Milestone Port Updates deleted

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