Re: pkg/46915 (chat/libotr 4.0.0 may break net/kdenetwork4 4.8.4 build on DragonFly)

[David Shao <davshao%gmail.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/46915; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Shao <davshao%gmail.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: markd%netbsd.org@localhost, obache%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/46915 (chat/libotr 4.0.0 may break net/kdenetwork4 4.8.4
 build on DragonFly)
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:31:53 -0700

 On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 4:52 AM,  <obache%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
 > Synopsis: chat/libotr 4.0.0 may break net/kdenetwork4 4.8.4 build on 
 > DragonFly
 >
 > Responsible-Changed-From-To: pkg-manager->markd
 > Responsible-Changed-By: obache%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Responsible-Changed-When: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:52:09 +0000
 > Responsible-Changed-Why:
 > Over to maintainer of kdenetwork4.
 
 FreeBSD ports created a new port, libotr3, of the old version of
 libotr for backwards compatibility with other packages:
 
 http://www.freshports.org/security/libotr3
 
 I do not see how this breakage for the new API-incompatible libotr
 4.0.0 is the responsibility of the kdenetwork4 maintainer.  That
 FreeBSD ports felt the need to create a backwards compatibility port
 indicates a patch for the new API is not trivial.  Unless this patch
 already exists, the build for meta-pkgs/kde4 will remain broken for
 quite some time.