Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 06:25:03 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> To: Uwe Grohnwaldt <uwe@grohnwaldt.eu> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDE 4.2 and FreeBSD 6.4 Support Message-ID: <E3DCA980-1EF0-4576-A68A-EF2D9936459A@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090130160457.41241670@Arbra.asta.home> References: <20090130123548.GK69047@bsdcrew.de> <b10011eb0901300619k6c7bb086u5ea6aca64593085f@mail.gmail.com> <20090130160457.41241670@Arbra.asta.home>
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On Jan 30, 2009, at 7:04 AM, Uwe Grohnwaldt wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:19:41 +0000 > Masoom Shaikh <masoom.shaikh@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Martin Wilke <miwi@freebsd.org> >> 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 >> making kde4 depend on gcc4.x an option for 6.4 ? > > Do you know anybody who uses KDE on FreeBSD 6.4? All people I know are > using FreeBSD7.X or Current on their desktops. > > I think: drop support for fbsd6.4. Bad idea: Assuming mute folks just means that you're begging for noise in the form of complaints from your userbase :). There are no doubt people out there using KDE4 and 6.4, so removing support for 6.4 would be like shooting yourself in the foot. I think the gcc 4.x compiler requirement (as 3 others have suggested) would be the best route unless someone's willing to volunteer some time for testing and debugging issues with gcc 3.4 (it was 3.4 not 3.3, right)? -Garrett
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