[kde-freebsd] Should graphics/pixieplus still exist?

Mikhail Teterin mi+kde at aldan.algebra.com
Wed Nov 7 16:16:06 CET 2007


Hello!

The port promises experimental features, that are "not yet" available in the 
base KDE distribution.

That's according to the upstream web-site:

	http://www.mosfet.org/pixie/

However, the most recent version (Pixie-1.02a) on the site is from April 2004.

The version (0.5.4.1) built by the port is a little bit newer:

	http://people.fruitsalad.org/avleeuwen/distfiles/pixieplus/
	
-- February 2005...

The port no longer builds due to the ever-changing ImageMagick API (the 
cvs-log is full of fixes due to this moving target -- using GraphicsMagick 
instead is strongly encouraged, whenever possible, BTW).

It can be fixed again, but is it worth the trouble? Are the features offered 
by pixieplus /still/ not available by the KDE itself, or should the port just 
be retired? Maybe, there is a new version somewhere?

Please, advise -- I'd like to resolve this one way or the other before the 
currently-prepared OS-releases are cut.

Thanks!

	-mi


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