From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 1 20:27:50 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D41E216A41F for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 20:27:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com) Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 433DE43D62 for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 20:27:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com) Received: from frontend1.internal (mysql-sessions.internal [10.202.2.149]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BD85D2E2B3 for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 15:27:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.151]) by frontend1.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 01 Jan 2006 15:27:48 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: nbwj0zdVnnu7SGFCiO8HVWR1S89mRAoSEo6Wz2ng++Jy 1136147267 Received: from gumby.localdomain (88-104-197-231.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com [88.104.197.231]) by frontend2.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98DE157146D for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 15:27:47 -0500 (EST) From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 20:27:45 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.3 References: <20060101120052.3E1BC16A420@hub.freebsd.org> <200601011157.41766.ringworm01@gmail.com> <200601011409.25188.kirk@strauser.com> In-Reply-To: <200601011409.25188.kirk@strauser.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200601012027.47113.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> Subject: Re: KDE 3.5 install probs (FBSD 5.4) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2006 20:27:50 -0000 On Sunday 01 January 2006 20:09, Kirk Strauser wrote: > On Sunday 01 January 2006 01:57 pm, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > I understand impatience when a new version comes out and it isn't in the > > port's tree right away, but in the maintainer's defense: I remember just > > over a year ago when KDE used to crash rather regularly, now it is very > > stable, he is doing a great job at maintaining that very complex set of > > ports and deserves all of our patience and support. :) > > Oh, I agree entirely. I know that the lag is due to the complexity of the > problem, and not the maintainers slacking off. I don't think it's the complexity as such. I read somewhere that it's entry into ports was initially delayed by illness, but since then 3.5 has been found to be quite buggy.