[kde-freebsd] Will there be a Qt5-Port?

[Joe Nosay]

On 10/22/13, Max Brazhnikov <makc at issp.ac.ru> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 07:15:59 -0400 Jerry wrote:
>> On Mon, 21 Oct 2013 23:05:51 +0000
>> Schaich Alonso articulated:
>>
>> > Qt5 will come, but very likely not in the near (i.e. before
>> > 10-RELEASE) future.
>>
>> And "There's the rub". 10.x will be released and then the updated QT5,
>> forcing users who wish to use the newer version to do what could amount
>> to a rather time consuming installation of the newer port and the
>> recompiling of the ports that are then affected. Poor planning at
>> it's best, yet one that FreeBSD engineers continually implement.
>>
>> A far sounder method would be to have QT5 ready prior to the release of
>> 10.x which would allow users who either do a fresh installation or an
>> upgrade of their present system to avoid that unnecessary down time.
>
> There is absolutely no ground for your worries. As Alonso said Qt5 won't be
> in
> ports before 10.0 release, but he didn't say it will be after.
>
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It would be better to start a branch on Area 51 and let users update
to that in a jailed environment.