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Re: [trinity-devel] TDE Fundraiser

From: Slávek Banko <slavek.banko@...>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 19:52:43 +0200
On Tuesday 02 of May 2017 11:10:14 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 27. April 2017 schrieb Sl�vek Banko:
> > On Wednesday 26 of April 2017 08:29:48 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> > > Am Dienstag, 25. April 2017 schrieb Timothy Pearson:
> > > > > Just done my share. The only bug I'd like to be soved:
> > > > >
> > > > > Make tde compile on FreeBSD 11, either via portstree (which
> > > > > worked on FreeBSD 10, I think) or direct from source. I know
> > > > > Slavec has put a lot of time into it, and it's a pitty that it
> > > > > won't compile from ports anymore.
> > > > >
> > > > > Nik
> > > >
> > > > Sounds like an interesting issue that I'd like to take a look at.
> > > >  Is this already reported at https://bugs.trinitydesktop.org ?
> > >
> > > I think I wrote it in
> > > https://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2752 - but maybe
> > > too specific to tqmake and I did not point out that I want to build
> > > on a clean/new FreeBSD 11 installation from ports.
> > >
> > > According to this comment
> > > https://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2744#c4 I think
> > > Slavec has compiled TDE for FreeBSD, but I was not able to
> > > replicate, so most likely our build environments differ in a suttle
> > > but important manner.
> > >
> > > Nik
> >
> > For now, I have only one FreeBSD testing machine with FreeBSD 10.3.
> > However, I regularly test builds of current TDE 14.0.5~pre.
>
> Hi!
>
> Could you please try FreeBSD 11?
>
> 10.3 will reach EOL in less than a year now. Giving the manpower
> available, it's not likely that there will be a fully working TDE for
> 10.3 in that time. Another reason for 11 is that all folks I know have
> already moved their desktop boxes to 11, so there's nothing to gain on
> 10.3.
>
> Nik

You're right, it's time to replace FreeBSD 10.3 for 11.0!

As you can see by commits, I have been very busy in recent weeks. However, 
I hope that soon I will find some time for the Trinity.

Cheers
-- 
Sl�vek