Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 23:42:13 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: erob@gthcfoundation.org Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kde3-network compile error, is this fixable? Message-ID: <CADLo83_D5fvqnpuEcKxqAzhJkYdVRa4Hjv-SUs52PvPZSS4e3A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4FC7F030.6080006@gthcfoundation.org> References: <4FC75618.8060806@intersonic.se> <CADLo83_wDL8zqufFFSYohd01h0XCMRaVEg_Vs8%2BF0JevY9sxag@mail.gmail.com> <4FC7A1D1.90907@intersonic.se> <CADLo83_zUhiZ_5OcbzhSpmB5TcgTWZuOhhL4j%2Bf8N18_JiKnig@mail.gmail.com> <4FC7F030.6080006@gthcfoundation.org>
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On 31 May 2012 23:26, Etienne Robillard <animelovin@gmail.com> wrote: > On 05/31/2012 05:27 PM, Chris Rees wrote: >> >> On 31 May 2012 17:52, Per olof Ljungmark<peo@intersonic.se> =A0wrote: >>> >>> On 05/31/12 14:16, Chris Rees wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On May 31, 2012 12:39 PM, "Per olof Ljungmark"<peo@intersonic.se> >>>> =A0wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I find KDE4 unusable and xfce a bit weak for my purposes so I'm tryin= g >>>>> to >>>> >>>> >>>> stick to KDE3. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> Just a reminder that although people may try to help you, kde3 is >>>> unmaintained. >>> >>> >>> >>> BTW, if KDE3 is unmaintained and this gous for FreeBSD too, perhaps it >>> should be mentioned in the Handbook? >>> >> >> There is very little software that is unmaintained upstream and is >> maintained here-- it is strongly discouraged. =A0Such a declaration >> would be therefore redundant; EOL upstream means unsupported in >> FreeBSD. >> >> Chris > > > Hi Chris, > > I don't know really for kde3-network specifically but I managed to compil= e > on a kde-lite without much problems on 8-STABLE after having deleted open= ssl > port. > > As for whether it is unmaintained, as long its not broken, I don't see > a reason to fix it unless you have specific needs for kde4... Of course-- my point was that a note in the Handbook should be unnecessary-- if it's EOL upstream then it is almost certainly not maintained or supported here. Chris
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