Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: KDE 4.0.4 upgrade, sort of.

[Beso]

2008/5/30 Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>:

> Beso <givemesugarr@×××××.com> posted
> d257c3560805300619v2631c50exe0dfa95ea11e2c34@××××××××××.com, excerpted
> below, on  Fri, 30 May 2008 13:19:08 +0000:
>
> > you unistall it and install the new slot. the kde 4.1 should have the
> > kde4 slot while the kde4.1 beta has the kde4-live slot. you can clearly
> > see that they're different slots and that removing one doesn't prevent
> > you from using the other. anyway, in my opinion that overlay will die
> > after the kde4.1 will hit portage or soon after that.
>
> Do the KDE-live builds require paludis?  I recall reading that they were
> headed that way, because it could support an EAPI with needed features
> while portage couldn't yet.  Those builds were live only and were to stay
> in the overlay since packages in the main tree must support portage.  It
> was the non-live snapshot versions that were the portage ebuilds, to
> eventually be targeted at the tree, after they became release ebuilds, of
> course.
>

the kde svn overlay yes, but from what i've read there's a new overlay which
includes the 4.0.80 version (the 4.1 beta) which is usable with portage. the
other overlay is the real development trunk so there quite a huge movement
in it. also it doesn't really make sense to use binpkg for a svn or git
ebuild that continues to change. it would mean a real huge amount of hd
space.  this tree instead is the official 4.1 branch and should have some
sort of borders in which development would stay.


> I've not done paludis due to its lack of binary package support.  Even
> tho I'm running only a single computer, I use binary packages for
> installation backups and handy lookup reference since I can just dig in
> the appropriate package tarball to see what an old version of a file
> looked like, so lack of binary package support is as far as I'm concerned
> a blocker, here.  But I guess it hasn't been a priority (sort of like
> proxy support in KDE4, from what I read).  <shrug>  If it works for
> them... but it's not going to work for me without it.
>

proxy support is working very well in kde4 (i'm actually using it without
any issues). the problem is konqueror that isn't much compatible with sites
designed for firefox and it isn't yet able to play well with flash. the
binpkg in paludis isn't present as far as i know.


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dott. ing. beso