[kde-freebsd] Beware: trunk moved to Qt and KDE SC 4.8

Conrad J. Sabatier conrads at cox.net
Tue Jan 17 16:14:00 UTC 2012


On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:10:28 +0100
Alberto Villa <avilla at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Monday 16 January 2012 20:54:41 Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
> > I did take a look at the area51 stuff a month or two ago, but had so
> > many build errors, I eventually just put it aside.  Maybe I'll have
> > another go at it.
> 
> I think a month or two ago KDE SC 4.7.4 wasn't ready yet.
> 
> > I'm sure I just didn't take enough time to
> > familiarize myself with the whole scheme of things and was just
> > doing something wrong.
> 
> Have a look at http://freebsd.kde.org/area51.php
> 
> > Version 4.7.4 seems to be quite nice, though, I must say.  Sure, I'd
> > like to be more "bleeding edge", but for now, this will do
> > nicely.  :-)
> 
> You'll soon be able to test 4.8.0 RC if you really want. ;)
> 
> > Could you possibly provide a few more clues as to what you're
> > talking about re: leftover files?
> 
> 4.7.4 installs some new files that weren't there in 4.7.3. If you
> didn't use area51 ports, your plists (lists of installed files) are
> incomplete. Just wait a couple of days - when we'll commit 4.7.4 to
> ports - and rebuild KDE ports. I think I'll be able to tell you
> exactly which ports you need to rebuild.

Ah, OK, I see.  Thanks for all the info.  Much appreciated.  I think
I'll just wait a bit, do the official 4.7.4 (re)install when it
becomes available, and then try area52 again later.

Take care,

Conrad

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Conrad J. Sabatier
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