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On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Andreas K. Huettel <dilfridge@g.o>wrote: |
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> Hi Duncan, |
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> > According to a recent post on the dev list, the gentoo/kde project had |
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> > intended to try to stabilize kde 4.6.2, thus eliminating the hal |
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> > dependency for stable kde4, clearing the way for its removal from |
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> portage. |
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> ... and that's still the plan. Ever heard of the famous "30days"? :) |
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> > Meanwhile, 4.6.2 has actually been released. Of course this is now |
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> beyond |
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> > that post, so it's my evaluation from here. If 4.6.1 was a bit of a |
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> > regression, as from that post it evidently was, for me it was fine. NOT |
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> > SO 4.6.2! It has a couple nasty regressions that affect me personally, |
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> > with others affecting other folks, some of which are posting to the kde |
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> > user lists I follow -- WAY more than they did for the 4.6.1 upgrade. |
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> > Based both on posts to the kde lists and my own experience, 4.6.2 is |
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> > anything BUT a stable candidate! |
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> There were some initial problems with 4.6.2 but slowly it is shaping up |
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> now. |
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> Please file bugs (if there are not already) for your "nasty regressions"... |
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> The list of known issues [*] that is linked from my blog post also contains |
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> stuff that alone would not prevent stabilization (only regressions compared |
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> 4.4 are even considered as stable blockers). |
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> However, you are correct with one thing. Upstream is making a big mess, and |
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> I'm already looking forward to curious new bug reports for 4.6.3... |
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> As for kde-3, I fear it is going to turn into a maintenance and security |
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> nightmare... |
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Ping me if you need anything KDE3 related, I'll try to do my best to get |
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kde-sunset up to par. I'm closely watching this mailing list for that fact. |
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Best regards, |
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Tiago |
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> Cheers, |
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> Andreas |
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> [*] https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?field0-0-0=blocked&resolution=--- |
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> &query_format=advanced&type0-0-0=anywords&value0-0-0=354033&list_id=87497 |
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> -- |
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> Andreas K. Huettel |
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> Gentoo Linux developer |
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> dilfridge@g.o |
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> http://www.akhuettel.de/ |
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