From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 30 21:04:15 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84FC516A417 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:04:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: from mail.soaustin.net (lefty.soaustin.net [66.135.55.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D9DE13C465 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:04:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: by mail.soaustin.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id CE2248C0C4; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:04:14 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:04:14 -0600 To: "Jason C. Wells" Message-ID: <20071130210414.GA23425@soaustin.net> References: <33640.194.74.82.3.1196149681.squirrel@galain.elvandar.org> <474BCC28.7090305@gmail.com> <20071127103340.GA57584@mud.stack.nl> <4750312A.7080307@highperformance.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4750312A.7080307@highperformance.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: duration of the ports freeze X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:04:15 -0000 On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 07:50:02AM -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote: > It wouldn't surprise me if portmanager is hoping that KDE 4.0 will go > prime time real soon. That's my big conspiracy theory. Occam's Razor would suggest that portmgr is simply trying to get the combination of src + ports finalized enough to get a set of release package builds out the door. The Razor, and past experience, would suggest that sweeping changes would delay all that significantly. mcl