[kde-freebsd] kdebase4 regression -- startkde missing

[martinko]

David Johnson wrote:
> On Monday 15 June 2009 02:14:38 pm martinko wrote:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I installed kdebase4 the same way I did kdebase3.  However, I realised I
>> cannot start the desktop with startkde[4].  The reason is that while it
>> used to be part of kdebase3 now it's part of kdebase4-workspace.
>> I don't know the reasons behind this but pkg-descr says "Installing this
>> package (and its dependencies) will provide you with everything required
>> for a minimal, functional KDE desktop" which is not quite true now.
> 
> kdebase4 should really be called kdebase4-applications. The get the equivalent 
> of kdebase3, you need to install kdebase4 + kdebase4-runtime + kdebase4-
> workspace.
> 

That's what I was just thinking of.
Wouldn't it be better to rename kdebase4 to kdebase4-applications and 
create kdebase4 metaport that would pull all kdebase4-* ports ?

Cheers,

M.