Ports should require perl5.16 not perl5.12

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

All ports that require perl5.12 or p5.12-* ports should be switched to use perl 5.16 versions since that is the Macports default currently.

The list of ports is culled from the following command:

$ port echo depends:perl5.12 or depends:p5.12-*

Ports which require maintainer approval

DONE!

Ports with openmaintainer

DONE!

Ports with nomaintainer

DONE!

Fixed

• ackmate (nomaintainer): r122695
• amavisd-new (pixilla,openmaintainer): r123823
• archway (jmr,openmaintainer): r123804
• argus-monitor (nomaintainer): r128944
• backuppc (nomaintainer): r125013
• bugzilla (nomaintainer): r122731
• cssh (nomaintainer): r122698
• cws2fws-pl (nomaintainer): r122578
• cyrus-imapd (nomaintainer): r129759
• docbook-utils (gmail.com:lockhart1976,openmaintainer): r122724
• dvdrip (web.de:marioscheel): r129667, maintainer timeout
• extractopinion (hum,openmaintainer): r122599
• frozenbubble2 (nomaintainer): r123265
• ftpsync (mww,openmaintainer): r123806
• fwknop (blair): r129677, maintainer timeout
• gdmap (eborisch,openmaintainer): r122476
• ghsum (pu-gh.com:rod): r129680, maintainer timeout.
• globus-core (nikhef.nl:dennisvd,openmaintainer): r123534
• gnucash (dports,openmaintainer): r123211
• gpredict (gmail.com:zapman): r129733, maintainer timeout
• grid-packaging-tools (nikhef.nl:dennisvd,openmaintainer): r123534
• GTorrentViewer (jmpp,openmaintainer): r123808
• imapsync (mww,openmaintainer): r123810
• hugin-app (nomaintainer): r122466
• imageindex (nomaintainer): r122729
• liboping-devel (danner.de:daniel,openmaintainer): r123811
• libqalculate (vcn.com:jjstickel): r129734, maintiner timeout.
• mailqfmt (sky.fr:cbellot): r129735, maintainer timeout.
• makepasswd (gmail.com:ooburai): r129670, maintainer timeout.
• mediaserv (ecronin,openmaintainer): r122616
• monarch (nomaintainer): r129017
• mtn-browse (nomaintainer): r123262
• munin (nomaintainer): r122727
• muttprint (nomaintainer): r123266
• myrepos (googlemail.com:gjasny,openmaintainer): r123814
• mysql-zrm (bitwrangler.com:kmayer): r129736, maintainer timeout.
• mythtv-core.25 (ctreleaven,openmaintainer): r122736
• mythweb.25 (ctreleaven,openmaintainer): r122709
• mythtv-core.26 (ctreleaven,openmaintainer):
• mythtv-core.27 (ctreleaven,openmaintainer):
• mythweb.26 (ctreleaven,openmaintainer):
• mythweb.27 (ctreleaven,openmaintainer):
• nagios-plugins (markd,openmaintainer): r123816
• nedi (nomaintainer): r128981
• nfsen (nomaintainer): r129021
• nrg (nomaintainer): r128987
• pearl (pu-gh.com:rod): r129737, maintainer timeout.
• perlprimer (nomaintainer): r123268
• postgrey (sky.fr:cbellot): r129738, maintainer timeout.
• PsyncX (ryandesign,openmaintainer): r122473
• rancid (markd,openmaintainer): r123818
• rsnapshot (mww): r129739, maintainer timeout.
• sendpage (nomaintainer): r129025
• smokeping (markd,openmaintainer): r123820
• snownews (nomaintainer): r123270
• spidereyeballs (nomaintainer): r123203
• sqlgrey (pixilla): r126932
• stardict (gmail.com:alexandernx): r129740, maintainer timeout.
• sympa (nomaintainer): r129078
• t-prot (nomaintainer): r123272
• thieriot (pu-gh.com:rod): r123340 and r123341
• tinyca2 (landonf): (#44491, r124925)
• tsung (nomaintainer): r123277
• vantages (nomaintainer): r123012
• vcheck (afb,openmaintainer): r122747
• wml (cfaerber.name:cfaerber,openmaintainer): r122694 (see #44454)
• xfce-utils (afb): r122878
• xqf (nomaintainer): r123338
• xserve-raid-tools (nomaintainer): r128986

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

Cc Me!

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

I already opened #43193 a while ago, but didn't add the list of ports.

[danielluke (Daniel J. Luke)]

(removed subversion-perlbindings-5.12)

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Cc Me!

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

hugin-app fixed in r122466.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

PsyncX fixed in r122473.

[eborisch (Eric A. Borisch)]

gdmap fixed in r122476.

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Cc Me!

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

extractopinion fixed in r122599.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

cws2fws-pl fixed in r122578.

[ecronin (Eric Cronin)]

mediaserv in r122616

[cfaerber@…]

Patch for www/wml

[cfaerber@…]

I've uploaded a patch for www/wml. Can someone with commit rights please add it to the repository? Thanks.

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

www/wml committed in r122694. Thanks.

Next time please try to change

--- a/dports/www/wml/Portfile
+++ b/dports/www/wml/Portfile

into something like:

--- Portfile.orig
+++ Portfile

if possible. (I don't know if there's an automated way to do this, I usually do it manually.) I know that there's a -p flag for patching that can strip off the path, but it has been a convention in MacPorts to use -p0.

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

ackmate fixed in r122695. However the port seems to install files to the wrong place.

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

cssh upgraded and fixed in r122698

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

I'm attaching a patch for frozenbubble2, but I'm unable to try it out until libsdl_pango gets fixed (#44453).

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

Replace perl5.12 with perl5.16 in frozenbubble2

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

docbook-utils fixed in r122724

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

munin fixed in r122727

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

imageindex fixed in r122729.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

bugzilla fixed in r122731 including update to latest stable version.

[ctreleaven (Craig Treleaven)]

mythweb.25 fixed in r122709, mythtv-core.25 fixed in r122736. Both with other minor updates.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

tinyca2 patch available in #44491.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

vcheck fixed in r122747. xfce-utils fixed in r122878.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

vantages fixed in r123012.

[petrrr]

Cc Me!

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

spidereyeballs in r123203.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

mtn-browse fixed in r123262.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

frozenbubble2 fixed in r123265.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

muttprint fixed in r123266.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

perlprimer fixed in r123268.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

snownews fixed in r123270

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

t-prot fixed in r123272.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

tsung fixed in r123277.

[drkp (Dan Ports)]

fixed gnucash-devel in r123211 by merging various changes from gnucash

[rod@…]

Patch for Thieriot

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

xqf fixed in r123338.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

@rod: Your patchfile for ghsum changes the version from 0.1.0 to 0.0.2. If you are really intending to downgrade the version, then the epoch needs to increased so users will see the change. Please confirm if that is your intention.

[rod@…]

Patch for ghsum

[rod@…]

Doh! Corrected.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

@rod: The checksums need to be updated for the new versions in your patches. I have updated thieriot in r123340 and r123341.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

cyrus-imapd fixed in r123368.

[petrrr]

grid-packaging-tools and globus-core fixed in r123534.

I do not like the way perl is handled by these ports too much. But I have no idea if it could be improved in this particular case neither.

[rod@…]

Patch for Pearl

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

@rod: For some reason with the new patches I cannot download either ghsum or pearl. I see an error like this:

Error: Failed to fetch pearl: The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_mports_trunk_dports_devel_pearl/pearl/main.log for details.

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

I believe that ports which weren't fixed count as "maintainer timeout" already? Is it OK to fix a port straight to 5.20 (assuming that all the dependencies are present and that it works of course)?

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Replying to mojca@…:

I believe that ports which weren't fixed count as "maintainer timeout" already? Is it OK to fix a port straight to 5.20 (assuming that all the dependencies are present and that it works of course)?

I think the current recommended policy is to depend on the current default version for port perl5 (currently perl5.16). This minimizes the number of different perl versions that need to be simultaneously installed for the casual MacPorts user.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

I totally agree with Dave. We need to stick to using perl 5.16 until such time that Macports switches to perl 5.20.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

And yes, I believe we are long past maintainer timeout and can switch all the ports over.

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

archway fixed in r123804 (r123803).

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

• ftpsync fixed in r123806 (r123805)
• GTorrentViewer fixed in r123808 (r123807)
• imapsync fixed in r123810 (r123809)
• liboping-devel fixed in r123811
• myrepos fixed in r123814
• nagios-plugins fixed in r123816
• rancid fixed in r123818 (r123817)
• smokeping fixed in r123820 (r123819)

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Update ctreleaven ports now that he has a Macports handle.

[ctreleaven (Craig Treleaven)]

Thanks, I'll modify the myth* ports soon.

[ctreleaven (Craig Treleaven)]

mythweb.26/27 and mythtv-core.26/27 fixed in r124024, r124025, r124026, r124027

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

• tinyca fixed in r124925, maintainer timeout.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

jameskyle has retired. See #44641.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

backuppc fixed in r125013.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

argus-monitor fixed in r128944.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

nedi fixed in r128981.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

xserve-raid-tools fixed in r128986.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

nrg fixed in r128987.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

monarch fixed in r129017.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

nfsen fixed in r129021.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

sendpage fixed in r129025
sqlgrey fixed in r126932 (by pixilla)
sympa fixed in r129078

All nomaintainer ports now fixed.

[petrrr]

The remaining ports could probably be considered abandoned by now. Should we start compiling "Port Abandoned" tickets?

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

As mentioned some time ago in comment:54, any remaining maintained ports that haven't been fixed by their maintainer can be considered fair game to fix by anyone desiring to do so under the maintainer timeout policy. Folks without commit access can attach a patch for review and those with access can just go ahead, commit a fix and add a comment to that effect to this ticket.

Of course, if the maintainers of these ports would like to do the work or if there is a reason why there is a problem with one of their ports, this is a good time to speak up!

At this point, there are only about a dozen left so it won't take much time to clear these if everyone chips in. Once this is done, the way will be paved to go ahead and remove support for perl5.14 and below as jmr has begun to do with p5.8-* in r128785.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

dvdrip fixed in r129667, maintainer timeout.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

makepasswd fixed in r129670, maintainer timeout.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

fwknop fixed in r129677, maintainer timeout.
ghsum fixed in r129680, maintainer timeout.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

gpredict fixed in r129733
libqalculate fixed in r129734
mailqfmt fixed in r129735
mysql-zrm fixed in r129736
pearl fixed in r129737
postgrey fixed in r129738
rsnapshot fixed in r129739
stardict fixed in r129740

Only cyrus-imapd remains.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

cyrus-imapd fixed in r129759.

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

Is there any volunteer to open the same kind of ticket as this one for a switch to Perl 5.20? The ticket #46005 is tracking the progress, but I believe that at this point the number of ports that don't support 5.20 yet is small enough that it shouldn't cause any issues any longer.

(Also, last time it took 5 months to close this ticket. If it takes so long again, the missing ports will be either all supporting 5.22 by then or still broken.)

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Replying to mojca@…:

Is there any volunteer to open the same kind of ticket as this one for a switch to Perl 5.20? The ticket #46005 is tracking the progress, but I believe that at this point the number of ports that don't support 5.20 yet is small enough that it shouldn't cause any issues any longer.

(Also, last time it took 5 months to close this ticket. If it takes so long again, the missing ports will be either all supporting 5.22 by then or still broken.)

Mojca, since this ticket is closed and your query is not a ticket issue, it would be best to take this discussion to the devel list.

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

I'm aware of both facts, but I was hoping that one of the people subscribed to this ticket would be willing to step up and collect the ports that need a change. If nobody volunteers, I'll ask on the mailing list.

(And I believe that everyone else subscribed to the ticket should be free to start the transition to 5.20 even if the new ticket isn't opened yet.)

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Replying to mojca@…:

I'm aware of both facts, but I was hoping that one of the people subscribed to this ticket would be willing to step up and collect the ports that need a change. If nobody volunteers, I'll ask on the mailing list.

(And I believe that everyone else subscribed to the ticket should be free to start the transition to 5.20 even if the new ticket isn't opened yet.)

If by 'the transition to 5.20' you mean changing the default perl version to 5.20, then it would be better IMO to develop some concensus on the devel list first. It involves more that just changing the dependencies of these ports.

Please open a discussion there and CC whoever you think might be interested.