What to do with dependencies of EOL Servlet API ports?

[chrstphrchvz (Christopher Chavez)]

servlet23-api and servlet24-api, which were developed alongside of Tomcat 4 and 5 respectively, are both end-of-life. I would suggest these ports be deleted, but found that they have many indirect dependents. Some of those appear to still be maintained upstream, so I would anticipate objections to deleting ports that are only outdated.

What should be done with these dependent ports? Should they be kept and updated to a newer supported dependency (e.g. a port created for Servlet API 3.0 or later), or should they be removed?

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Dependents of servlet23-api:

Direct dependents:

struts (latest available is 2.5.20, released 2019; see #58673) (deleted in [6f496bc8d7/macports-ports])
commons-fileupload (latest available is 1.4, released 2018)
commons-logging (latest available is 1.2, released 2014; see #58675)

Indirect dependents:

cassandra (latest available is 3.11.4, released 2019; see #45004)
commons-beanutils (latest available is 1.9.3, released 2016)
commons-cli (latest available is 1.4, released 2017)
commons-digester (latest available is 3.2, released 2011)
commons-httpclient (EOL, replaced by Apache HttpComponents, latest release was in 2019) (deleted in [7b0eeaf345/macports-ports])
commons-modeler (not outdated; last release was in 2007) (deleted in [fce3e99ad98/macports-ports])
commons-validator (latest available is 1.6, released 2017) (deleted in [b508630a9b/macports-ports])
mx4j (not outdated; last release was in 2006) (deleted in [da4197cf5b/macports-ports])
tomcat6 (EOL'd in 2016: ​https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-60-eol.html) (deleted in [88133431d7/macports-ports])
xdoclet (not outdated; last release was in 2005) (deleted in [37fd4e6d3f/macports-ports])
xmlgraphics-commons (latest available in 2.3, released 2018)

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Dependents of servlet24-api:

Direct dependents:

commons-el (not outdated; last release 2003) (deleted in [bd3caa36dc/macports-ports])
jakarta-taglibs-standard-11 (latest available is 1.2.3, released 2015; see #53458) (deleted in [1c76d93767/macports-ports])
jfreechart (latest available is 1.5.0, released 2017)

Indirect dependents:

statcvs (latest available is 0.7.0, released 2010)
struts (latest available is 2.5.20, released 2019; see #58673) (deleted in [6f496bc8d7/macports-ports])
tomcat6 (EOL'd in 2016: ​https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-60-eol.html) (deleted in [88133431d7/macports-ports])

[chrstphrchvz (Christopher Chavez)]

In 6f496bc8d7021607e1d1b8143a8fbf3ceeac810e/macports-ports (master):

struts: remove port

Port has not been updated in 14 years; has no dependents.

Struts 1.x is end-of-life. Although Struts 2 is still developed,
it is not considered a direct/drop-in replacement for Struts 1.x.

Closes: #58673
See: #58389

[chrstphrchvz (Christopher Chavez)]

In 7b0eeaf345de9ee39bc1b04c974ef7e00a119d79/macports-ports (master):

commons-httpclient: delete EOL port (​https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/4929)

Replaced by Apache HttpComponents (not in MacPorts);
dependents have been removed (tomcat5 in dbe1e2f, tomcat6 in 8813343),
and depends on other EOL ports (servlet23-api).

See: #58389

[chrstphrchvz (Christopher Chavez)]

In 9b62f2299af214516004d264217540b2c83ef71c/macports-ports (master):

servlet(23|24)-api: EOL, mark unsupported

See: #58389

[chrstphrchvz (Christopher Chavez)]

In 1c76d937672fbd5d14894f17b515285e0655c2cd/macports-ports (master):

jakarta-taglibs-standard-11: delete port

Upstream project is now Apache Standard Taglib
See: #53458

Port's dependents were deleted: tomcat5, tomcat6, struts
(see dbe1e2f68e, 88133431d7, and 6f496bc8d7)

Port depends on servlet24-api, which is end-of-life
See: #58389

Port also has fallback dependency on kaffe.

[chrstphrchvz (Christopher Chavez)]

In 37fd4e6d3f84a05ef35293f9039f57fb5c7d2e09/macports-ports (master):

xdoclet: delete port

Upstream project is considered dead; no releases since 2005.
No dependents. Port depends on commons-lang 2.x which is being
considered for removal. Port indirectly depends on EOL
servlet23-api port.

Closes: #12015
See: #58389

[chrstphrchvz (Christopher Chavez)]

In bd3caa36dca49c9235095952b55dcc8d5ea4d6a1/macports-ports (master):

commons-el: delete port

Upstream project is dormant (no releases since 2003).
Port was needed by tomcat5/6, which have been removed.
Depends on EOL port servlet24-api.
See: #58389