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On 09.01.2013 14:53, Adam Vande More wrote:
I don't use knotes, but have you tried the solution here?
http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=84823
Obviously, knotes was just an example. All other customizations (such as menus,
backgrounds&screen-savers, email accounts -- everything under ~/.k
On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Mikhail T. wrote:
> Worse, KDE4 is not only much heavier (which could've been acceptable).
This is simply not true, or at least easily remediable. A few clicks leads
to nice UI experience with roughly the same amount of overheard as the 3.x
series. There are a n
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On 08.01.2013 19:02, Jakub Lach wrote:
I'm on the fence. It's true, that there is no low-print feature complete
equivalent for KDE3.
Worse, KDE4 is not only much heavier (which could've been acceptable).
It is also not compatible -- people like myself, who customized their
desktops with additio
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John Marino writes:
> On 1/8/2013 21:14, Raphael Kubo da Costa wrote:
>> Additionally, I'd argue that it is hard for it to be "known insecure"
>> since upstream does not maintain it even for security vulnerabilities
>> anymore, so security problems have nowhere to be reported and
>> vulnerabiliti
On 1/8/2013 21:14, Raphael Kubo da Costa wrote:
Adam Vande More writes:
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 12:53 PM, John Marino wrote:
"possibly insecure": I think this needs to be "known insecure" rather
than holding it's last release date against it.
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100
Adam Vande More writes:
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 12:53 PM, John Marino wrote:
>> "possibly insecure": I think this needs to be "known insecure" rather
>> than holding it's last release date against it.
>
> http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100413-1.txt
>
> Probably other security issu
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Adam Vande More wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 12:53 PM, John Marino wrote:
>
>>
>> Here's the issue I think some folks have:
>>
>> "Outdated": debatable. If outdated means a newer release is available,
>> then yes. If "outdated" means it outlived its usefulnes
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 12:53 PM, John Marino wrote:
>
> Here's the issue I think some folks have:
>
> "Outdated": debatable. If outdated means a newer release is available,
> then yes. If "outdated" means it outlived its usefulness, I'd say no. This
> term seems subjectively used here.
>
> "pro
On 1/7/2013 19:40, Beat Gaetzi wrote:
On 01/07/13 15:22, Mikhail T. wrote:
Once again a working port (no build errors) is scheduled for deletion on
the grounds of simply being "unmaintained".
QT 3.3.8 was released in 2007 and KDE 3.5.10 in 2008 and both are no
longer maintained upstream nor in
On 01/07/13 15:22, Mikhail T. wrote:
> On 07.01.2013 03:33, freebsd-ports-requ...@freebsd.org wrote:
>> portname: accessibility/kdeaccessibility description:
>> Accessibility applications for KDE maintainer:po...@freebsd.org
>> deprecated because: Depends on QT3; unmaintained expiration
On 01/07/13 15:43, John Marino wrote:
I don't normally agree with Mikhail's rants to save old ports, but in
the case of KDE-3, I am inclined to share his view.
Are KDE-3 ports causing any problems? I don't know if KDE-3 is still be
developed upstream, but if it's not it doesn't really need muc
Quoting "Mikhail T." :
On 07.01.2013 09:54, Kimmo Paasiala wrote:
Are you willing to step up as the maintainer of the KDE3 ports? Or
anyone else reading this? The situation with ports like KDE3 is that
they are lots of work to keep up in shape and if no one wants to
maintain them they succumb t
On 1/7/2013 16:04, Mikhail T. wrote:
On 07.01.2013 09:54, Kimmo Paasiala wrote:
Are you willing to step up as the maintainer of the KDE3 ports? Or
anyone else reading this? The situation with ports like KDE3 is that
they are lots of work to keep up in shape and if no one wants to
maintain them t
On 07.01.2013 09:54, Kimmo Paasiala wrote:
Are you willing to step up as the maintainer of the KDE3 ports? Or
anyone else reading this? The situation with ports like KDE3 is that
they are lots of work to keep up in shape and if no one wants to
maintain them they succumb to what is called "bitrot"
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 4:43 PM, John Marino wrote:
> On 1/7/2013 15:22, Mikhail T. wrote:
>>
>> On 07.01.2013 03:33, freebsd-ports-requ...@freebsd.org wrote:
>>>
>>> portname: accessibility/kdeaccessibility
>>> description: Accessibility applications for KDE
>>> maintainer:po...@freebsd.org
>>> de
On 07.01.2013 09:41, David Demelier wrote:
Because Qt3 is old and KDE3 will completely disappear.
This is exactly the sentiment I find disagreeable -- that simply being
"old" is enough to condemn a perfectly functional piece of software.
Maybe, it is because of my own age, that I am -- in the
On 1/7/2013 15:22, Mikhail T. wrote:
On 07.01.2013 03:33, freebsd-ports-requ...@freebsd.org wrote:
portname: accessibility/kdeaccessibility
description: Accessibility applications for KDE
maintainer:po...@freebsd.org
deprecated because: Depends on QT3; unmaintained
expiration date: 2013-07-01
bu
Because Qt3 is old and KDE3 will completely disappear. It the same goal for
GNOME 2 (not for now because GNOME 3 is not yet available) but GNOME 2 will
ne probably replaced by MATE.
I think you should look at trinity. It is a fork of KDE3 and is in
development to be ported to Qt4 :)
http://mate-d
On 07.01.2013 03:33, freebsd-ports-requ...@freebsd.org wrote:
portname: accessibility/kdeaccessibility
description:Accessibility applications for KDE
maintainer:po...@freebsd.org
deprecated because: Depends on QT3; unmaintained
expiration date:2013-07-01
build errors:
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