[MacPorts] #39022: thunderbird-x11 port deletion
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Sun May 12 05:36:02 PDT 2013
#39022: thunderbird-x11 port deletion
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Reporter: ionic@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: Low | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: thunderbird-x11 |
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Comment (by afb@…):
Once upon a time, the ports (like firefox and thunderbird) were added as
part of the applications available for running in a X11 desktop
environment on Mac OS X and PureDarwin (such as Xfce*). Having Cocoa
versions didn't really help, and either way there were very few interested
in building even those from source - as most would just run with the
binaries from Mozilla or never switch their browser. So it all depends on
who the target audience is, whether they care about alternative desktop
environments and about (building from) open source or not. For most users,
it's much easier to run FreeBSD in a virtual machine than trying to get
such a Darwin environment running again... I suppose you could just ask
PureDarwin.org to support their own ports, if you want to want to be
MacPorts first and foremost ?
* https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Xfce (also #31203)
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39022#comment:8>
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