From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 9 15:14:20 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EECF106564A for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2011 15:14:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmfepo102.cox.net (eastrmfepo102.cox.net [68.230.241.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4900C8FC13 for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2011 15:14:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eastrmimpo110.cox.net ([68.230.241.223]) by eastrmfepo102.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20111009151406.VTPR12239.eastrmfepo102.cox.net@eastrmimpo110.cox.net>; Sun, 9 Oct 2011 11:14:06 -0400 Received: from serene.no-ip.org ([98.164.86.236]) by eastrmimpo110.cox.net with bizsmtp id ifE01h00955wwzE02fE3QT; Sun, 09 Oct 2011 11:14:06 -0400 X-CT-Class: Clean X-CT-Score: 0.00 X-CT-RefID: str=0001.0A02020B.4E91BA3E.0040,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-CT-Spam: 0 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=2lDt+3Ehhkmq3Qye6YCr36r8zWAQhLDa7m4fIMlTmVE= c=1 sm=1 a=gP6va7BtsKkA:10 a=G8Uczd0VNMoA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=uAbGmPAyUfLL1M3oYAsfuA==:17 a=C3-43mxuAAAA:8 a=kviXuzpPAAAA:8 a=Vw8CNBCj_tD50D1ZBXAA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=4vB-4DCPJfMA:10 a=uAbGmPAyUfLL1M3oYAsfuA==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Authentication-Results: cox.net; none Received: from cox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by serene.no-ip.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p99FDsui000978; Sun, 9 Oct 2011 10:13:55 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 10:13:49 -0500 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20111009101349.596b644b@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <1318172010503-4885362.post@n5.nabble.com> References: <1318172010503-4885362.post@n5.nabble.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jakub Lach Subject: Re: KDE3 de facto EOL, Project Trinity? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:14:20 -0000 On Sun, 9 Oct 2011 07:53:30 -0700 (PDT) Jakub Lach wrote: > Hello, > > Judging from latest commits, KDE3 moved > swiftly from "stall, but usable" to explicitly > unsupported. > > However, there are still areas, where KDE3 > can't be replaced by newer version. > > (e.g. I maintain older pc that is mainly used > as internet browser, where I installed > slimmed subset of KDE3, to somehow make it > behave like users would expect. Looking > at state of KDE3 now, updating it borders > on "not worth breaking it".) > > Of course I understand, that workforce > is limited, and everybody who is willing > to commit time, will spend it on their > pet-project. > > I'm just saying, that if anyone would like > to still maintain a sane, slim subset of > KDE3, Project Trinity looks like good > starting point. http://trinitydesktop.org/ > > KDE is-not-exactly my pet-project so > don't look at me :) > > best regards, > - Jakub Lach Hmmm, for some strange reason, I just heard a line from that old Elvis Presley song "Suspicious Minds" in my head: "Let's not let a good thing die..." :-) -- Conrad J. Sabatier conrads@cox.net