From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 1 14:20:04 2009 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 CEF7D106568A for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2009 14:20:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A09918FC19 for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2009 14:20:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.141] (may be forged)) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.14.3+UW08.09/8.14.3+UW09.01) with ESMTP id n11EK3B0013706 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 1 Feb 2009 06:20:04 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.3] (adsl-99-139-49-79.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net [99.139.49.79]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.14.3+UW08.09/8.14.3+UW09.01) with ESMTP id n11EK2sT015582 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Sun, 1 Feb 2009 06:20:03 -0800 Message-Id: From: Garrett Cooper To: Uwe Grohnwaldt In-Reply-To: <20090130160457.41241670@Arbra.asta.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 06:25:03 -0800 References: <20090130123548.GK69047@bsdcrew.de> <20090130160457.41241670@Arbra.asta.home> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) X-PMX-Version: 5.5.0.356843, Antispam-Engine: 2.6.1.350677, Antispam-Data: 2009.2.1.140424 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=8%, Report='FORGED_FROM_GMAIL 0.1, BODY_SIZE_1800_1899 0, BODY_SIZE_2000_LESS 0, BODY_SIZE_5000_LESS 0, __BOUNCE_CHALLENGE_SUBJ 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __FRAUD_419_BODY_WEBMAIL 0, __FRAUD_419_WEBMAIL 0, __FRAUD_419_WEBMAIL_FROM 0, __FROM_GMAIL 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDE 4.2 and FreeBSD 6.4 Support 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: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:20:05 -0000 On Jan 30, 2009, at 7:04 AM, Uwe Grohnwaldt wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:19:41 +0000 > Masoom Shaikh wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Martin Wilke >> wrote: >>> Howdy Guys, >>> >>> KDE 4.2 is more or less ready for testing, but we have some >>> open tasks before we will officially call for testing. We would >>> like to know how many people are still using KDE4 on FreeBSD 6.4? >>> We are considering dropping support for 6.x. >>> >>> Let me explain. >>> >>> First of all it is sad to say, but currently there are only 2 >>> people who actively work on KDE4. It is _really_ hard work to >>> get KDE4 ready for FreeBSD. Also it is getting harder to build >>> KDE4 with gcc 3.x. Of couse if somebody want to support KDE4 >>> on 6.x you are welcome to our team! Try to compile KDE, make >>> patches and push them upstream! So, in order to move forward >>> we may have to drop 6.x support. We just don't have the manpower >>> to build multiple versions. >>> >>> Ok, enough for the moment. What do you think about >>> 6.4 support? >>> >>> - - Martin >> making kde4 depend on gcc4.x an option for 6.4 ? > > Do you know anybody who uses KDE on FreeBSD 6.4? All people I know are > using FreeBSD7.X or Current on their desktops. > > I think: drop support for fbsd6.4. Bad idea: Assuming mute folks just means that you're begging for noise in the form of complaints from your userbase :). There are no doubt people out there using KDE4 and 6.4, so removing support for 6.4 would be like shooting yourself in the foot. I think the gcc 4.x compiler requirement (as 3 others have suggested) would be the best route unless someone's willing to volunteer some time for testing and debugging issues with gcc 3.4 (it was 3.4 not 3.3, right)? -Garrett