Re: add php-rrd2 or update php-rrd

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost> writes:

> On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 11:45:00PM +0900, Takahiro Kambe wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> In message <Zn1dTkPJD6AFMZM5%mail.soc.lip6.fr@localhost>
>> 	on Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:38:38 +0200,
>> 	Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost> wrote:
>> > databases/php-rrd is currently using a version (1.x) compatible
>> > only with php 5.x
>> > I have an update to 2.0.3 ready but the 2.x versions are only compatible
>> > with php7 and newer (I'm using it with php 8.3).
>> > Should I keep php-rrd at 1.1.3 and add a php-rrd2, or should I just update
>> > php-rrd and drop php 5.6 support ?
>> sysutils/collectd-CGP depends on databases/php-rrd and it also accpets
>> only php56, but I don't know it is because of collectd-CGP itself or
>> from depending php-rrd.
>> 
>> And last release of collectd-CGP was 2017 and last commit on GitHub
>> was 2021.
>> 
>> > I'd prefer to just update php-rrd.
>> So, you need to check sysutils/collectd-CGP package, too.
>
> We could reimport the old version as databases/php-rrd1 for collectd-CGP then

We could, or

we could see if collectd-CGP works with newer php-rd, or

we could ask "This package had a last release date in 2017
and is therefore a deletion candidate as long abandonded by upstream.
Is anybody using it?" (In a new thread with a new subject. :-)