Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 19:48:45 +0200 From: Christophe Juniet <cjuniet@entreview.com> To: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org, cjuniet@entreview.com Subject: Re: docs/42627: [PATCH] Update of the handbook chapter 15 about KOffice Message-ID: <3D7E307D.8000307@entreview.com> References: <200209101010.g8AAA6cs090953@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020910173554.GA190@marduk.blackend.org>
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Marc Fonvieille wrote: > On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 03:10:06AM -0700, Christophe Juniet wrote: > >> In this specific case, the KOffice port needs KDE version *3* (and no >> other versions). I agree that `KDE' is a more general name but what if >> there are two different KOffice versions again? > > > Then the text would be wrong. When you use "pkg_add -r something" you > always have the latest version, have a look at XFree86 for example. So > you could not be sure that it will work with KDE3, if the new version is > for a new KDE. And it's also possible that a package requires, for > example, KDE-3.0.3 and can't work with KDE-3.0.2 Totally right. >> Also consider the case >> of a KDE2 user trying to install KOffice from a package. I think it >> will overwrite his KDE2 files with KDE3 ones. I may be wrong here since >> I didn't tried it. Anyway, the adding of the version number here comes >> from the fact that the (current) KOffice port is made for KDE3, as its >> names implies it (koffice-kde3). If you or the KDE Team think it's >> better to use `KDE' for the reasons you gave above, it makes sense as well. >> > > > KDE3 is the "standard" version of KDE under FreeBSD, and all QT apps are > upgraded (when it's possible) to QT3 to avoid conflict between QT2 and > QT3 (which is used by KDE3), KDE2 is not really supported. > I don't know if the name must be "generalized", I just know that the > text will be outdated quickly, and maybe adding a note about the need of > an up-to-date KDE version could do the trick. Good idea, I'm working on this addition. Sorry for the wrong patch, I'll send a better one. > Marc Thanks! -- chris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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