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Date:      Wed, 10 May 2006 14:56:26 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Sven Berkvens-Matthijsse <sven@ilse.net>
Cc:        gnome@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ports/96704: [PATCH] net/avahi does not compile on FreeBSD 4.x
Message-ID:  <4462375A.7000205@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060510112941.GA44879@ilse.net>
References:  <200605040048.k440mFO4010807@freefall.freebsd.org> <20060510112941.GA44879@ilse.net>

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Sven Berkvens-Matthijsse wrote:
>> While this patch fixes the compile issues, there are other,
>> functional issues that remain.  Additional patching will be
>> required, and since 4.X is no longer supported by the FreeBSD GNOME
>> project this PR will not be committed.
> 
> I can't seem to find a list of these functional issues anywhere. What
> exactly does not work on FreeBSD 4.x if the compile issues are fixed?
> I'm aware that the FreeBSD GNOME project does not support 4.x, but I
> suppose that you will take patches that come from outside if they fix
> the problem?

For starters, the init scripts will need work for 4.X.  Additionally,
there used to be some runtime issues that caused avahi-daemon to crash.
 I haven't tested in a long time though.

As for accepting patches, I would prefer all patches go upstream.
Lennart is good about accepting FreeBSD patches.

Joe

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Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team	::	gnome@FreeBSD.org
FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome
http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome
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