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Date:      Sat, 20 Apr 2002 12:45:22 +0200
From:      Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net>
To:        Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
Cc:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Will Andrews <will@FreeBSD.ORG>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: removal of QT1/KDE1 ports
Message-ID:  <20020420124521.A44482@energyhq.homeip.net>
In-Reply-To: <3CC082E5.5050400@gmx.net>; from michaelnottebrock@gmx.net on Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 10:49:41PM %2B0200
References:  <200204190230.g3J2U5b84091@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020419014600.A32104@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020419124703.GX89460@squall.waterspout.com> <20020419125818.B47724@xor.obsecurity.org> <3CC07B89.29E1C322@FreeBSD.org> <3CC082E5.5050400@gmx.net>

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Hi,

> Does this really make sense? I don't think the ports-collection should=20
> become a home for rotten bits. And QT1 clearly qualifies as rotten. As=20
> far as I can tell, qt1 was kept only for transition purposes. Keeping it=
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> although qt has evolved to version 3 now seems pretty ridiculous.

I don't agree at all. How about people using older hardware? Those
computers, e.g. old laptops, can run KDE1 just fine, but don't have the
power to run KDE[23]. Or shall we assume that only fast hardware is
supported? Please, don't turn FreeBSD into a kind of RedHat thing.

Cheers,
--=20
        Miguel Mendez - flynn@energyhq.homeip.net
        GPG Public Key :: http://energyhq.homeip.net/files/pubkey.txt
        EnergyHQ :: http://www.energyhq.tk
        FreeBSD - The power to serve!

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