Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:04:57 +0100 From: Uwe Grohnwaldt <uwe@grohnwaldt.eu> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDE 4.2 and FreeBSD 6.4 Support Message-ID: <20090130160457.41241670@Arbra.asta.home> In-Reply-To: <b10011eb0901300619k6c7bb086u5ea6aca64593085f@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090130123548.GK69047@bsdcrew.de> <b10011eb0901300619k6c7bb086u5ea6aca64593085f@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:19:41 +0000 Masoom Shaikh <masoom.shaikh@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Martin Wilke <miwi@freebsd.org> > wrote: > > Howdy Guys, > > > > KDE 4.2 is more or less ready for testing, but we have some > > open tasks before we will officially call for testing. We would > > like to know how many people are still using KDE4 on FreeBSD 6.4? > > We are considering dropping support for 6.x. > > > > Let me explain. > > > > First of all it is sad to say, but currently there are only 2 > > people who actively work on KDE4. It is _really_ hard work to > > get KDE4 ready for FreeBSD. Also it is getting harder to build > > KDE4 with gcc 3.x. Of couse if somebody want to support KDE4 > > on 6.x you are welcome to our team! Try to compile KDE, make > > patches and push them upstream! So, in order to move forward > > we may have to drop 6.x support. We just don't have the manpower > > to build multiple versions. > > > > Ok, enough for the moment. What do you think about > > 6.4 support? > > > > - - Martin > making kde4 depend on gcc4.x an option for 6.4 ? Do you know anybody who uses KDE on FreeBSD 6.4? All people I know are using FreeBSD7.X or Current on their desktops. I think: drop support for fbsd6.4. -- Uwe
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