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From: Uwe Grohnwaldt <uwe@grohnwaldt.eu>
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Subject: Re: KDE 4.2 and FreeBSD 6.4 Support
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On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:19:41 +0000
Masoom Shaikh <masoom.shaikh@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Martin Wilke <miwi@freebsd.org>
> 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.

-- Uwe