"mysql" port outdated?

[James Cox]

On 22 May 2007, at 16:13, James Berry wrote:

> On May 22, 2007, at 8:09 AM, Chris Pickel wrote:
>
>> There were just two people on the irc channel trying to install  
>> mysql +server. This didn't work because the mysql port depends on  
>> DarwinPortsStartup, which they couldn't fetch.
>>
>> This makes me wonder: should the "mysql" port still be around, or  
>> ought it be removed? Both it and mysql3 report their version as  
>> 3.23.58. The differences are:
>
>
> Personally, I'd be in favor if ditching the mysql port if it  
> duplicates mysql3. But personally I use mysql5, so I may be missing  
> something... ;)
>

I'm not sure there is a very good reason to maintain a working mysql3  
port - it's not recommended for use anymore.

do we have a policy about upstream'ed out-of-date software ?

-james