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

[Mikhail Teterin]

четвер 08 листопад 2007 01:57 по, Arjan van Leeuwen Ви написали:
> I don't use pixieplus anymore, but depending on GraphicsMagick is probably
> a good idea. Not sure if there's many people still using pixieplus though.

It is in your directory on fruitsalad -- can you browse the web-server logs to 
see, how popular it is?

Regardless, since I already went through the trouble of fixing it up, may as 
well update the port :-) ... Awaiting approval.

 -mi

> Thanks,
>
> Arjan
>
> 2007/11/8, Mikhail Teterin <mi+kde at aldan.algebra.com>:
> > Deafening silence...
> >
> > Anyway. Attached is the proposed update -- I suspect, the port has not
> > worked
> > for /very/ long time. It used to overwrite a kdelibs-installed x-pcx
> > mimelnk
> > and install a useless x-tga, when x-targa was already installed by
> > kdelibs.
> >
> > This and other pkg-plist problems should all be fixed now. The port will
> > depend on and use GraphicsMagick instead of ImageMagick. GM's developers
> > emphasise API-stability, so the port should stop requiring as frequent
> > updates as it used to. Keeping port's own "private" headers is no longer
> > necessary either.
> >
> > Please, approve. Thanks,
> >
> >         -mi
> >
> > On середа 07 листопад 2007, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> > = 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