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On Monday 06 October 2008 14:21:45 Mark Haney wrote: |
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> I've just finished reading the latest Gentoo documentation relating to |
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> moving KDE4.1 to the main tree. The 'kdeprefix' USE flag I get so |
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> that's not a problem, but now I have some questions, I hope someone can |
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> answer them. |
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> Has KDE4.1 moved to the main tree yet? Or is it upcoming? If I |
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> understand the doc correctly, if I ude the 'kdeprefix' use flag I can |
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> still move between kde 3.5 and kde4, right? I know if I use it that I |
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> can move between minor versions of KDE4 with it, but how does that work |
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> between 3.5 and 4? AS it is now I can switch easily. |
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It has been moved to the main tree but is currently masked. We are working out |
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a few remaining issues before unmasking it. Whether you use the kdeprefix use |
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flag *or not* you can still switch between KDE 3.5 and 4.1. Both ways of |
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installing KDE 4.1 support this. The only real benefit you get with using |
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kdeprefix is being able to switch between 4.1/4.2 etc. 3.5 and 4 are easy to |
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move between both ways. |
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> The documentation mentions moving from the kde-testing overlay, but I've |
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> been getting my ebuilds from the kdesvn-portage overlay. I assume the |
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> directions are the same regardless of the overlay used? |
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Pretty much but all of our testing has been taking place in the kde testing |
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overlay. |
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> I'd like to hear from someone who's moved to 4.1.2 and tell me of their |
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> experience with it before I make the jump. What were the steps you took |
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> and how painless was it? |
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I am biased and so will leave this to others to answer. I do however have KDE |
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4.1.2 installed -kdeprefix, i.e. in /usr and am able to use KDE 3.5, 4.1.2 and |
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an SVN head version (live builds will always be slottable with -kdeprefix |
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too). |
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> If I had a spare box free I'd tinker with it myself, but I'm bus testing |
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> new software and can't use it at the moment. |
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> I'd appreciate any info you have. |
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If there is stuff in the KDE docs missing let us know. We want them to be as |
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clear as possible. |
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Thanks, |
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Marcus |
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