Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:35:51 -0500 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: ports@freebsd.org, gnome@freebsd.org, gecko@freebsd.org, miwi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADUP] FreeBSD Gecko's TODO and plan for future Message-ID: <op.uy22apoy9aq2h7@localhost> In-Reply-To: <4a905a9b.L0q7wtlRUsdLHCnM%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <20090822182208.GM82743@bsdcrew.de> <4a905a9b.L0q7wtlRUsdLHCnM%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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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
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