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Date:      Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:48:36 +0300
From:      Max Brazhnikov <makc@issp.ac.ru>
To:        kde-freebsd@kde.org
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, Martin Wilke <miwi@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [kde-freebsd] [CFT] KDE 4.2 BETA 2 testers wanted
Message-ID:  <200901071748.36919.makc@issp.ac.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20090106220641.GL44347@bsdcrew.de>
References:  <20090106220641.GL44347@bsdcrew.de>

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On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 23:06:42 +0100, Martin Wilke wrote:
> We are happy to announce the first public Call for Testing
> with KDE 4.2.
>
> The past weeks we focused on the complex and very time
> consuming task to get the KDE4.2 BETA2 ports into a much
> better shape so we can now go on to the next step: much wider
> public testing.
>
> The experimental KDE ports are currently pulled from KDE
> 4.2 BETA 2 (4.1.85). Some of you may believe beta testing
> is not worth it, but we want to get KDE 4.2 better then 4.1.
>
> At the moment we would actually benefit from wider testing
> the well prepared KDE 4.2 BETA 2 FreeBSD builds. We would
> have much more opportunity and time to identify and eventually
> correct FreeBSD specific problems with those.
>
> We added the file UPDATING-area51. _PLEASE_ read this before you start
> your update.
>
> To get KDE 4.2:
>
> try
> svn co https://kf.athame.co.uk/kde-freebsd/tags/kde-4.1.85/ /path/to/area51

You can use nice marcusmerge script [*] to merge your portstree with area51 
ports:

marcusmerge -d /usr/ports -s /path/to/area51 -m kde-4.1.85

where /path/to/area51 is the same path that has been used in 'svn co' command.

[*] http://www.marcuscom.com/downloads/marcusmerge
http://www.marcuscom.com/marcusmerge.8.html

> More infos here:
> https://kf.athame.co.uk/access.php
>
> I like to say Thanks to all Helpers and Submitters on the kde-freebsd@
> mailinglist.
>
> That's all for the moment. Happy Testing!
>
> - Martin (on behalf of the FreeBSD KDE team)
>
>     PS: Don't forget to read the UPDATING-area51 :P





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