[kde-freebsd] KDE/FreeBSD Bulletin

[Alberto Villa]

While our mailing list is flooded with commit messages and discussions
of any kind, those relying on blog posts to get a status update on
KDE/FreeBSD initiative (we have a website, d’you know?) might be a bit
disappointed by our silence. Well, people, I’m here to fill this need
of yours! So please, have a seat, and get ready for a long, long list.
OK, not so long.

- We managed to find fresh blood for the team: Jason E. Hale has been
a long-standing contributor and ports maintainer, and has now been
given the power to do real damage to our beloved area51. Treat it
well, Jason, area51 is our little puppy.
- Qt and KDE Software Compilation keep growing. Qt 4.8.2 is about to
replace the recently committed 4.8.1, while a Qt 5 branch should be
quite behind the corner. KDE SC was updated to 4.8.3, featuring many
splitted ports to let you install what you really want.
- KDE-Pim 4.8.3 lost its “in-development” status and replaced the old
4.4.11.1 (which is now shipped via deskutils/kdepim44). There are
still a few problems (with Akonadi, actually), but it appears we’re on
the right track to solve them, thanks to the contribution of our
users.
- KDevelop 4.3.1 came right after KDE SC, and… well, nothing to say.
- KDE Telepathy  0.3.1 can be tested merging PORTS/ from area51 to
/usr/ports. The only thing keeping it away from the ports tree is the
outdated set of Telepathy components shipped with ports. area51 has
new ones, though, borrowed from gnome@ development repository.
- And… Calligra finally replaced KOffice. You can now install and test
Calligra 2.4.2, which will be soon splitted in several ports (Krita,
Words…). Indeed, we need your feedback!

http://blogs.freebsdish.org/avilla/2012/05/31/kdefreebsd-bulletin
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Alberto Villa, FreeBSD committer <avilla at FreeBSD.org>
http://people.FreeBSD.org/~avilla