Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:18:34 -0800 From: Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: glib/webkit update? Message-ID: <20091105021833.GA88182@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20091104171424.6395298e@vixen42.vulpes> References: <20091007153059.GD69519@hades.panopticon> <op.u1gakxsb9aq2h7@localhost> <20091104171424.6395298e@vixen42.vulpes>
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On Wed 04 Nov 2009 at 15:14:24 PST Zane C.B. wrote: >On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:10:47 -0500 >"Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> wrote: > >> On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:30:59 -0500, Dmitry Marakasov >> <amdmi3@amdmi3.ru> wrote: >> >> > Hi! >> > >> > I need a new version of webkit, because the one that is currently >> > in the ports tree doesn't work with Yahoo maps, and I need that >> > for astro/josm. I've tried to update webkit port locally to >> > r49078, but it requires newer glib: >> > >> > Requested 'glib-2.0 >= 2.21.3' but version of GLib is 2.20.5 >> > >> > Updating glib may require more effort and may break some of my >> > installed apps, so I ask here - is there official update planned >> > anytime soon, and/or is there some work in progress available to >> > test? >> >> GNOME 2.28 was released during our ports tree freeze time, so we >> weren't able to put into ports tree. If you can't wait, grab those >> in MarcusCom CVS[1]. >> >> [1] http://www.marcuscom.com:8080/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ > >Actually if you don't mind me observing, this is a fairly bad reason >for it being out of date since atleast the beginnig of July. > >I've been waiting for this to be bumped for a while so >www/p5-Gtk2-Webkit can be updated. There are many many ports which depend on the Gnome libraries, so updating those libraries is probably a paradigm example of the kind of "sweeping change" described in the rules for the current partial thaw: http://blog.droso.org/2009/09/30/partial-ports-thaw-2/
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