I’m happy to announce that KDE-4.2.0 is now available inthe FreeBSD ports tree.


The KDE FreeBSD team is proud to announce the release of KDE 4.2.0
for FreeBSD. The official KDE 4.2.0 (Codename: "The Answer") release
notes can be found at: http://kde.org/announcements/4.2/index.php.

What is new:

Where KDE 4.1 was, according to the development team,
"aimed at casual users", KDE 4.2 is billed as a "compelling
offering for the majority of end users." There have been further
enhancements to the plasma desktop with new applets allowing
better desktop customisation. The configuration options for the
desktop have also been expanded and the revamped system tray
shows reports from every conceivable process, from system messages
to the status of large downloads.

The KWin window manager has learned a couple of new tricks.
By default, it now switches on 3D and compositing effects automatically,
on suitable hardware and manages these effects autonomously, without
the aid of Compiz. With the help of the new Kephal library, the window
manager now offers additional options for running multiple monitors.

The Dolphin file manager has been partly revised, and should now be
easier to use. As part of the Google Summer of Code, KMail has been
redesigned, resulting in both a better appearance and better IMAP support.
The KDE browser Konqueror also includes several new features.

New supported languages include Arabic, Icelandic, Basque,
Hebrew, Romanian, Tajik and several Indian languages (Bengali India,
Gujarati, Kannada, Maithili, Marathi) indicating a rise in popularity in
this part of Asia.

 New ports for KDE 4.2.0:
  arabic/kde4-l10n		Arabic
  misc/kde4-l10n-bn_IN		Bengali (India)
  misc/kde4-l10n-eu		Basque
  misc/kde4-l10n-gu		Gujarati
  hebrew/kde4-l10n		Hebrew
  misc/kde4-l10n-is		Icelandic
  misc/kde4-l10n-kn		Kannada
  misc/kde4-l10n-mai		Maithili
  misc/kde4-l10n-mr		Marathi
  misc/kde4-l10n-ro		Romanian
  misc/kde4-l10n-tg		Tajik
  math/eigen2			Lightweight library for vector and matrix math
  graphics/kipi-plugins-kde4	KDE4 kipi graphics plugins
  sysutils/policykit-kde	PolicyKit manager for KDE

FreeBSD 6.4 support is dropped.

We'd like to say thanks for feedback and help to:
	Matt Tosto, Kris Moore, stickibit, David Johnson, Markus Brueffer,
	David Naylor, Thomas Schlesinger, Warren Liddell, Thomas Abthorpe,
	portmgr for exp-run and repocopies, Diego Depaoli, Mats Andreassen