Obsolete Ports for firefox-x11 and thunderbird-x11

[Eric Gallager]

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 <mail at ojkastl.de> wrote:

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> 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 version on each machine, where port upgrade outdated is run periodically.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:
> > nomaintainer at 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:
> > nomaintainer at 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
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