KDE metaports

[Max Brazhnikov]

Hi folks,

I suggest to reconsider the purpose of kde metaports, especially x11/kde. Right now x11/kde pulls everything: all of KDE Frameworks, all of Plasma, and all of KDE Gear. Not all really because we often forget to update numerous kdegraphics/kdeutils/etc metaports when adding new ports.

Using x11/kde for everything is not practical anymore. The KDE distribution is huge in itself: 70 KF6, 50 Plasma and 220+ Gear packages. Some are too specific for general use, some have heavy dependencies, some have alternatives (inside and outside KDE distribution), besides the FreeBSD release team struggles to fit packages into iso images [1].

I'm fine with x11/kf[56]-frameworks and x11/plasma6-plasma metaports, which install all of corresponding stuff.
I think of revamping x11/kde to install ready for use Plasma and minimal set of commonly used KDE apps :),
and inform users about numerous KDE Gear ports.

Max

[1] https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-src-branches/2025-February/021077.html