On 31 May 2012 23:26, Etienne Robillard <[email protected]> wrote: > On 05/31/2012 05:27 PM, Chris Rees wrote: >> >> On 31 May 2012 17:52, Per olof Ljungmark<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 05/31/12 14:16, Chris Rees wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On May 31, 2012 12:39 PM, "Per olof Ljungmark"<[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I find KDE4 unusable and xfce a bit weak for my purposes so I'm trying >>>>> to >>>> >>>> >>>> stick to KDE3. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> Just a reminder that although people may try to help you, kde3 is >>>> unmaintained. >>> >>> >>> >>> BTW, if KDE3 is unmaintained and this gous for FreeBSD too, perhaps it >>> should be mentioned in the Handbook? >>> >> >> There is very little software that is unmaintained upstream and is >> maintained here-- it is strongly discouraged. Such a declaration >> would be therefore redundant; EOL upstream means unsupported in >> FreeBSD. >> >> Chris > > > Hi Chris, > > I don't know really for kde3-network specifically but I managed to compile > on a kde-lite without much problems on 8-STABLE after having deleted openssl > port. > > As for whether it is unmaintained, as long its not broken, I don't see > a reason to fix it unless you have specific needs for kde4...
Of course-- my point was that a note in the Handbook should be unnecessary-- if it's EOL upstream then it is almost certainly not maintained or supported here. Chris _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
