Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 09:36:52 +0000 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> Cc: "Herbert J. Skuhra" <hskuhra@eumx.net>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: i3 maintainer for FreeBSD Message-ID: <CADLo83_J6-6FcwYSnwRhxCz8UzxaUcV6qWf18kebKTyG7hhDJg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1vHTnLcJKJZMjwJiY5LKgqNe-cHEWTUA7aCRQd75bVObg@mail.gmail.com> References: <1TncE1-0005yN-0m@internal.tormail.org> <87r4mdzoog.wl%hskuhra@eumx.net> <CAN6yY1vHTnLcJKJZMjwJiY5LKgqNe-cHEWTUA7aCRQd75bVObg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 26 Dec 2012 03:31, "Kevin Oberman" <kob6558@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Herbert J. Skuhra <hskuhra@eumx.net> wrote: > > On Tue, 25 Dec 2012 21:39:49 -0000 > > sib@tormail.org wrote: > > > >> Hello list. > >> > >> I'm an i3 user on FreeBSD, and really love the WM. I think we need a new > >> maintainer for the port(1) in FreeBSD, though, because current one doesn't > >> ever update it and ignores my mails. 4.4 has been out a little while, but > >> we only have 4.2. I'd like to follow the latest versions. Can anyone > >> volunteer to become the new maintainer? Sorry for my english. > > > > Have you made any attempt to build i3-4.3 and i3-4.4 yourself? > > The file DEPENDS in i3 release >=3D 4.3 lists: > > > > pango =E2=94=82 1.30.0 | 1.30.0 =E2=94=82 http://www.pango.org/ > > cairo =E2=94=82 1.12.2 =E2=94=82 1.12.2 =E2=94=82 http://cairogra= phics.org/ > > > > There is only pango 1.28.4 and cairo 1.10.2 in ports. > > > > So, there is obviously a good reason why the port hasn't been updated > > yet!? > > These are maintained by gnome@. They are planee to be updated to > current version as a part of the Gnome update after 9.1 is released. > You might get more current information by asking gnome@. The Gnome team is working hard on updates, including GTK 3. These are big changes, but there are loads of ports that will work properly again (such as Transmission). Patience! Chris
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