Hi. HNY. :-) Disclaimer: this email is a non-flamewar. :-)
On Jan 2, 2008 1:11 PM, Brian Cameron <Brian.Cameron at sun.com> wrote: > - KDE uses C++, which is not binary compatible across compilers. This > causes more problems for Sun than other GNOME distros since Sun ships > its own Sun Studio compiler. So, going with KDE adds complication in > that you either support just one compiler or you provide a set of > libraries built with all compilers you want to support (probably gcc > and Sun Studio are the most popular). > There is a community working to make KDE available for > Solaris/OpenSolaris. I would imagine that Sun would consider accepting > KDE into OpenSolaris if people were interested in going through the > processes. Based on our experience with GNOME, I'd imagine that getting > KDE through ARC, and making sure it meets all OpenSolaris distribution > requirements would be a fair bit of work, though. > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/desktop/communities/kde/ > http://solaris.kde.org/ To these URL's i would add: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/kde/ We've put a lot of effort into building KDE3/4 + all its dependencies with Sun Studio 12: svn list http://svn2.cvsdude.com/kdesolaris/trunk/ and we are very close to having the full KDE dependency enchilada, and KDE, working (check out the blogs on the KDE Project page @os.o, with screenshots). We (not the Royal We, just we KDE dudes) would glady ARC KDE. But first, i think it would be better to have a working full KDE, so we can show it off to PSARC and wow them. :-P --Stefan -- Stefan Teleman KDE e.V. stefan.teleman at gmail.com
