Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 00:54:23 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No port of Opera? (Was: ((FreeBSD : Linux) :: (OS/2 : Windows))) Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20000707004910.046d9ab0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000707013952.00b25488@127.0.0.1> References: <54397.962948030@localhost> <Your message of "Thu, 06 Jul 2000 23:08:47 MDT." <4.3.2.7.2.20000706225433.0475b4d0@localhost>
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Frank: I have seen that message too; it has been up on their page for quite a long time now. However, I have also been in direct contact with their developers, who tell quite a different story. They say that, due to scarce development resources, they're focusing their efforts exclusively on Linux and expecting FreeBSD users to run the Linux version under emulation for the foreseeable future. As with Tripwire, their priorities lie elsewhere, and FreeBSD is a low priority so long as there is emulation. --Brett At 12:45 AM 7/7/2000, Frank Pawlak wrote: >Aaahhh Brett, > >On a recent visit to the Opera web site, under the Linux release link, >they specifically mention doing a FreeBSD release, but, they are having >build problems. > >"We've attempted to start releasing a FreeBSD version as of this release, >however, we're experiencing complications with the compile environment as >well. GCC is working wonderfully, however the ld is generating some >interesting errors related to templates which aren't quite understandable. >We'll hopefully have a functional version at the next release. For now, we >understand that Opera for Linux works well under Linux emulation on the >BSD platforms." > >The above is copied from said page. I fail to find any reference to never >in the above. > >Regards, >Frank To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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