Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:08:56 -0600 From: Rick Voland <rpvoland@spamcop.net> To: Martin Wilke <miwi@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: KDE 4.2 and FreeBSD 6.4 Support Message-ID: <498309F8.9060605@spamcop.net> In-Reply-To: <20090130123548.GK69047@bsdcrew.de> References: <20090130123548.GK69047@bsdcrew.de>
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Martin Wilke wrote: > Howdy Guys, > > KDE 4.2 is more or less ready for testing, but we have some > open tasks before we will officially call for testing. We would > like to know how many people are still using KDE4 on FreeBSD 6.4? > We are considering dropping support for 6.x. > > Let me explain. > > First of all it is sad to say, but currently there are only 2 > people who actively work on KDE4. It is _really_ hard work to > get KDE4 ready for FreeBSD. Also it is getting harder to build > KDE4 with gcc 3.x. Of couse if somebody want to support KDE4 > on 6.x you are welcome to our team! Try to compile KDE, make > patches and push them upstream! So, in order to move forward > we may have to drop 6.x support. We just don't have the manpower > to build multiple versions. > > Ok, enough for the moment. What do you think about > 6.4 support? > > - Martin > __ I guess I'm not the first to suggest: Would it be possible (maybe easier for you) to require a newer gcc? I use FreeBSD 6.4. Some of the ports I use require KDE, but these ports are not critical to me. Other ports require gcc43 because of issues with gfortran (math/R, math/atlas), so I already have a newer gcc. I use Windowmaker. Thanks for your work. Rick Voland rpvoland@spamcop.net _____________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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