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Why is Xfce not updated in NetBSD's pkgsrc
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The question is in subject. I suppose this is a lack of maintainers? Because OpenBSD already has Xfce 4.10 |
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Xfce 4.6 is the current version in NetBSD. One of OpenBSD porters was, and I think still is, on the Xfce development team and had the huge task of working around the "linuxisms" that are finding their way into the latest Desktop environments. Examples are the sound server: BSD uses sndio Xfce 4.6 used alsa or oss. Xfce 4.8 switched to gstreamer. Gnome has recently made pulseaudio a requirement. The OpenBSD developers had to "route" the output of these newer sound servers to sndio. Other examples involve automounting devices in the respective filemangers (Thunar/Nautilus). There is work ongoing to update the Xfce packages in NetBSD Last edited by shep; 25th May 2013 at 12:03 AM. Reason: added WIP link |
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I don't think the task, for Xfce, is anywhere near as "huge" as you make it sound. Not to say his work isn't appreciated, but Xfce is much better for portability than others. FWIW, OpenBSD also has upstream Gnome developers (hence why Gnome3 is updated so fast). |
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However more BSD developers in upstream desktop projects is always welcome! |
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I see, thanks for the answer.
I have installed Xfce 4.8 from pkgsrc wip, works fine. |
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With the following commit:
https://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc...msg122907.html the latest xfce 4.12 was merged with pkgsrc-current and it has new maintainer. |
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