Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:51:18 -0400 From: matt donovan <kitchetech@gmail.com> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, gnome@freebsd.org, perryh@pluto.rain.com, gecko@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADUP] FreeBSD Gecko's TODO and plan for future Message-ID: <28283d910908221451k67da92d8w10606505e9656f5d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <op.uy22apoy9aq2h7@localhost> References: <20090822182208.GM82743@bsdcrew.de> <4a905a9b.L0q7wtlRUsdLHCnM%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <op.uy22apoy9aq2h7@localhost>
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On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> wrote: > On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:52:43 -0500, <perryh@pluto.rain.com> wrote: > > Martin Wilke <miwi@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >>> Background: >>> We have a lot of old stuff on the portstree and it's time >>> to cleanup old stuff. >>> >> ... >> >>> * www/nvu last official release was in 2005, no longer >>> supported, and also some vulnerabilities. We have >>> www/kompozer which also need an update to get this >>> unbroken. >>> >> ... >> >>> Problems which we have to solve: >>> Some Gnome ports need www/firefox to build and work, >>> but unfortunately firefox2 isn't longer supported by >>> the Mozilla Foundation. >>> >> >> So, if I am understanding this correctly, it's proposed to >> replace nvu with an updated kompozer, which to judge from >> the name is part of KDE. Thus Gnome acquires a dependency >> on KDE by way of firefox/gecko? This does not seem like a >> Good Thing (TM). >> > > Why don't you check what kompozer is first? ;-) > > Cheers, > Mezz > > > -- > mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org > FreeBSD GNOME Team > http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > kompozer is NVU KompoZer is an unoffical bugfix/update aka a fork
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