Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:28:27 -0500 From: ajtiM <lumiwa@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDE 4.4.2 Message-ID: <201004240728.27841.lumiwa@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <hqtn9c$fhr$1@dough.gmane.org> References: <y2qd753c3e11004230058r5cbf83cdx4dd15a5b325a063c@mail.gmail.com> <201004231751.52462.lumiwa@gmail.com> <hqtn9c$fhr$1@dough.gmane.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Friday 23 April 2010 22:10:00 Michael Powell wrote: > ajtiM wrote: > > On Friday 23 April 2010 13:39:44 Bruce Cran wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 07:58:12PM +1200, Andrew Hill wrote: > >> > Hi does anyone know if kde 4.4.2 is in freebsd ports? > >> > >> It's not yet - a big upgrade to Xorg and KDE is being worked on so I > >> guess it'll be available in a few days. > > > > ...and again my question: why upgrade on 4.4.2 after two months if 4.4.3 > > coming out in the end of the month?? The version 4.4 was out in February > > 9th! > > Because the release of this software on FreeBSD does not happen on the same > day as KDE releases it. It has to be patched and ported by people who are > volunteering their free time. These patches are needed to make compiling > and running KDE on FreeBSD a worthwhile experience. This takes time. > > A lot of third party apps are not as 100% portable as they could be, and > many contain a lot of 'Linuxisms' which need to be adjusted out. > > So do not look at the release dates on the KDE site and think that because > KDE x.y.z is released by KDE on xx somemonth that it will magically appear > in the FreeBSD ports immediately. This stuff has to be patched first. > > -Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I understand it but advertisement was not on KDE site but on the FreeBSD KDE site. Mitja -------- http://starikarp.redbubble.com
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?201004240728.27841.lumiwa>