From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 16 16:37:18 2010 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 5D90F1065672 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:37:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f189.google.com (mail-qy0-f189.google.com [209.85.221.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DEBB8FC1C for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:37:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk27 with SMTP id 27so3955775qyk.3 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:37:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=CSd7aawomklGAzSybXlrOzDeTumZLj7FI4dN/NCiRJg=; b=OMcYWkIx1BtYUea7xyQJGVGCG2k8oqfgEYFxZ3H2fIzHCAemSJMrjqB2dXgboxR0ho ZkU6+e6+OVa6DfXtS7cv97snHtXs6gG8kzcq2+eRTXvgf/EoOpgp/247lumIeYflwUhZ MCj0fZv2M2RmpG6XndOPp/qclJ/ZYu3pmiPFo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=TjSSasbtzFHYxCc5CcCvpJv7iJ5dlpwehvPyujdqoIDhSyguXHCsjeLJPandrZWX6M 6dZ4juokPKJLBH+t35SrGvRcKDNVh4OayzNPIaK5LhtM3bHsfVyE98rU72ffiV4iLYQA AKn/2r8aR4z/Vw/QQ45nxDDuFnN2Tt7byU3ZE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.147.199 with SMTP id m7mr1605907ibv.87.1266338236867; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:37:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20100216062811.4794f84c@scorpio.seibercom.net> References: <20100215171858.GB13685@droso.net> <201002151711.47297.freebsd@insightbb.com> <367b2c981002151417m6b6b4ed8v1e24a89263f65a7b@mail.gmail.com> <20100216062811.4794f84c@scorpio.seibercom.net> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:37:16 -0800 Message-ID: From: Freddie Cash To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: [HEADSUP]: ports feature freeze now in effect 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: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:37:18 -0000 On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:28 AM, Jerry wrote: > On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:17:14 +0100 > Olivier Smedts articulated: > > > > I suspect this means we won't get KDE 4.4 for quite some time... > > > > http://miwi.bsdcrew.de/2010/02/cft-kde-sc-4-4-0-for-freebsd/ > > > We the FreeBSD KDE Team are happy to let you know KDE SC 4.4.0 was > released few mins ago, and we=E2=80=99re ready for a public test. Before > you ask we don=E2=80=99t want to put KDE 4.4.0 in the ports tree before > FreeBSD 7.3 was released. > > > It would be nice to get the new version installed prior to the release > of FreeBSD-7.3, IMHO. Unless I am drastically wrong, installing the > new version will require a massive update of libraries, etc, similar to > the recent 'jpeg' update. It would make for a much cleaner update to > the new FreeBSD version if this procedure preceded the update rather > than postdated it. However, with the 'freeze' now in effect, there > obviously is not chance of that happening. > > Only if you install the earlier version of KDE via sysinstall. If you kn= ow KDE 4.4 is coming after the release of 7.3, then don't install the older version when you install 7.3. Or, install just the bare minimum kdelibs/kdebase. You have plenty of advanced warning, so it's not going to be a surprise. :) Personally, I always recommend to people that they don't use sysinstall to install anything except the base OS. Don't bother with the ports tree install, don't bother with installing packages off the CD. Just install th= e base OS, and boot into it. Then use all the standard tools (portsnap, pkg_version, pkg_add, portmaster/portupgrade, portaudit, etc) to install what you want. That way, you know exactly what's happening, and you get exactly what you want, when you want it. --=20 Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com