On 2024-12-03T17:38:16.000+01:00, Moin Rahman <b...@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> On Dec 2, 2024, at 19:12, Rick Summerhill <rr...@summerhill.org> >> wrote: >> >> I use hypermail to display my mlmmj archives to the web. It >> depends on pcre, which reports eol: >> >> Checking for packages with security vulnerabilities: >> >> pcre-8.45_4: Tag: deprecated Value: EOLed by upstream, use >> devel/pcre2 instead >> >> Is the intension to update hypermail to pcre2 aand if so, is >> there a timeframe? >> >> -- >> >> Rick > > Hi, > > Once upon a time portmgr@ decided to gradually move on to pcre2 as > pcre1 > > has been deprecated. At that time there were some discussions about > the > > removal date but so far it was found that with pcre2 is slower > compared > > to pcre and hence it will take a longer time than expected to move > on to > > pcre2. Hence it was decided to mark pcre as deprecated but without > any > > expiration date. Which means that porters will look into possibility > if > > their ports support pcre2 by upstream without any performance loss > and > > if so they should utilize pcre2 instead of pcre1. > > So far my experience despite being deprecated it is a long time till > it > > will come to end to be removed from the tree. To conclude to answer > > your question check upstream if they support it otherwise the ports > are > > safe. > > Kind regards, > > Moin Hi, Ongoing project in several distros but some "desirable" projects have yet to migrate. See links below for example: https://archlinux.org/todo/move-to-pcre2/ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/PcreDeprecation Best regards, Daniel
