2013/1/9 Marc Espie <es...@nerim.net>:
> One important thing: as long as we're dealing with the import of
> x11/kde4/ directory, it doesn't really matter if things are not
> in their final form yet, as long as they get cleaned up before
> they are linked to the build.
>
> As long as kde4 and kde3 conflict, there's no way to link both
> to the build, so until kde4 works "perfectly" it won't happen.

They conflict "correctly", i.e., they could not be installed at the same
time, but kdelibs-3.x could be built with KDE 4 being installed, and vice
versa.

> And I'm rather sure there are architectures where compiling kde4
> is currently a no-no, anything that builds qt3 and not qt4, for
> instance, so like I said, having kde4 alongside kde3 might be important.

Yes, of course.

> But that doesn't mean you can't import things and work in-tree.
> You're more likely to see progress once kde4 is committed to the
> main OpenBSD tree.
>
> So:
> - import pieces in more or less working order
> - make darn sure the pieces that are already linked to the build
> STAY usable for kde3 as they progress along kde4 lines.

This already tested in WIP, but I can't guarantee there isn't something
hidden.

> (and we'll try to work out what to do wrt kde3/kde4).
>
> If I look at how much time I have to do stuff, I'm ways more likely
> to help with kde4 is all the pieces are in the official tree rather
> than in wip-openbsd...

Understood.

--
WBR,
Vadim Zhukov

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