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From:
Rafael Sadowski <rafael@sizeofvoid.org>
Subject:
Re: security/xml-security-c: remove as no longer needed, retired upstream
To:
Klemens Nanni <kn@openbsd.org>
Cc:
ports <ports@openbsd.org>
Date:
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 08:50:40 +0200

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On Wed Oct 09, 2024 at 09:19:51PM GMT, Klemens Nanni wrote:
> Imported a few years back as dep for security/libdigidocpp which as of today no longer
> uses it;  no other port picked it up.  WWW shows the last release in 2021 and upstream
> officially abandoning their C++ library.
> 
> OK to remove?
> 
> ---
> Information for inst:xml-security-c-2.0.4p3
> 
> Comment:
> C++ implementation of W3C security standards for XML
> 
> Description:
> Apache XML Security for C++: This library includes a mature Digital Signature
> and Encryption implementation using a proprietary C++ API on top of the Xerces-C
> XML Parser's DOM API. It includes a pluggable cryptographic layer, but support
> for alternatives to OpenSSL are less complete and less mature.
> 
> Maintainer: Klemens Nanni <kn@openbsd.org>
> 
> WWW: https://santuario.apache.org
> 

Other maijor Linux distros sill deliver it but also on their side I see
now consumers.

OK to remove.