From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 2 16:31:50 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28811789 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2013 16:31:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dnebdal@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lb0-x229.google.com (mail-lb0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c04::229]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7F9B1890 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2013 16:31:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f169.google.com with SMTP id d10so3585404lbj.28 for ; Tue, 02 Jul 2013 09:31:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ibDpkGSVse4nwsYwTifBD3k06tTV6a1PmYlTXze41UU=; b=fQjXhWA5+dY5rovLbfesJ/WBiRdX66DAkakFT4x8i1+Z0FtOJoXR7KUphyJpTlVIuo Us0pIYvjvrtObchhbrrvX0gajVnWB214nwbdw1+D6A+kTRdRrFxdrfAPzYJ9sUkEG4nd uYVYR8Xv18qC1FwIbEoXkDqfFATX5HZtijGpisl/HREGSDVs9nkfqUd4L/MBArLhQtJh TvoNXy7q9ush0Q44t/yD1OX0BwrSaH4shXaloI4BCATIyKAlJdtYTp7q6lBWl2zg3cTI nTFOmpYjy8kcneuqnO/quVRBrPPs+GikeO4D1XS1FE5SULyUDMPgoGm9jlbdBZLWk3pN CpXw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.167.100 with SMTP id zn4mr14294275lbb.44.1372782708649; Tue, 02 Jul 2013 09:31:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.140.231 with HTTP; Tue, 2 Jul 2013 09:31:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <51D2F7DE.2090307@pingle.org> References: <20130701082022.GA2348@La-Habana> <20130701093830.GC77709@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <51D1E5E5.80801@intersonic.se> <20130701204058.GA1076@tiny.Sisis.de> <1372734337.76461.YahooMailNeo@web164004.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <20130702051017.GA1693@La-Habana> <51D2EF17.3050101@netfence.it> <51D2F7DE.2090307@pingle.org> Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 18:31:48 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: kde3 ports expired today From: Daniel Nebdal To: Jim Pingle Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Ports FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:31:50 -0000 On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Jim Pingle wrote: > On 07/02/13 07:10, Matthias Apitz wrote: >> El d=EDa Monday, July 01, 2013 a las 08:05:37PM -0700, Jeffrey Bouquet >> escribi=F3: >> >>> bsdstats.org > ports stats would have that information probably >> >> http://bsdstats.org/ports.php?category=3D91 >> >> says in column 'times in use': >> >> x11/kde3: 534 >> x11/kde4: 86 > > I feel as though I'm in the happy minority who use and enjoy KDE4. My > FreeBSD desktop/workstation is running it well but it does not have > limited resource requirements (i7-750, 8G of RAM, Radeon HD 4650). > > Since Amarok and K3B outgrew their KDE3 dependencies, I've managed to > keep my system KDE3/QT3-free for a while now, though that wasn't always > easy in the past. > > The only real hiccup I've had was the recent KDE4 bump that made me have > to reconfigure some things, but it ended up working better than ever in > the end. The only current complaint I have is about the atrocities they > have committed to KMail. > > Resource usage and philosophical reasons aside, some people who have > been burned by KDE4 in the past may want to revisit it now, it's matured > a lot from its early days. > > Personally I won't miss KDE3 at all, and I really haven't missed it for > several years now. > > Jim I was about to write something similar. My work machine has been on KDE4 for years, and though it was quite rocky in the earlier versions it has kind of quietly disappeared into the background (in a good way) now - while I can understand the gnome2 revival projects, I don't quite see the point of e.g. Trinity. -- Daniel Nebdal