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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Qt versus threading
From:       Lauri Watts <lauri () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-09-07 11:18:55
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On Friday 07 September 2001 09:42, Alex Zepeda wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 02:44:39PM +0200, Simon Hausmann wrote:
> > Do I understand you correctly that this means that threading on FreeBSD
> > (stable) is not reliable and working at all? (meaning there is a problem
> > on the system level) If yes then I think we should re-consider enabling
> > threads by default if the price for it is the loss of a platform.
>
> Yes, sort-of.  With any -RELEASE or -STABLE (as of now) version of
> FreeBSD, I don't think the threading stuff works (as) well, and I'm not
> sure how actively it's being developed.  With -curent however, I have
> noticed a bunch of bug fixes in the past few months or so.  When I finally
> get kdelibs+base built I'll see if anything works *here*.
>
> - alex

Just to be sure everyone understands though, -current is not due to become 
-RELEASE for another 14 months.

The hugest majority of the FreeBSD userbase is not using -current, and never 
will.  Relying on features in -current is like assuming all KDE users have 
CVS HEAD.

-- 
Lauri Watts

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