On Mon Apr 21, 2025 at 09:43:41AM +0200, Landry Breuil wrote:
> hi,
> 
> those two ports are outdated, and in the way of an upcoming boost update
> which is already grueling work.
> 
> graphics/orthanc was last updated in 2022, and it was its first update
> since its import in 2017.

Looks quite active: https://orthanc.uclouvain.be/hg/orthanc/rev/a30cc2fa7250

> 
> net/fastnetmon needs an update to 1.2.x branch (that's what freebsd uses
> with boost 1.87) but upstream changed its policy and really wants to use
> a bunch of bundled common libraries instead of using systemwide
> versions, which is somewhat against our portstree policy.

I prefer to force our portstree policy and drop it.

We should write that down somewhere :-D

> 
> so unless somebody steps up to maintain those ports, ensure they build
> with recent boost, and that they actually work, my vote is to cvs rm
> them so that they're not in the way of the boost update.

My list is long enough that I won't raise my hand, but if we decide to
drop Orthanc, we can leave it BROKEN?

> 
> any takers ?
> 
> Landry
> 

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