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keytoaster 08/08/29 18:22:03 |
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Modified: index.xml |
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Log: |
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Updating project page to reflect recent changes: |
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- Add a list of available overlays (both official and inofficial ones) |
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- State exactly which overlays are supported by the Gentoo KDE team |
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- Changing note about kdebuild-1 API |
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- Mention that monthly meetings are not hold on a regular basis any longer |
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Use the term "team" instead of "herd" where appropriate. |
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ProjectXML fixes. |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.37 xml/htdocs/proj/en/desktop/kde/index.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/desktop/kde/index.xml?rev=1.37&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/desktop/kde/index.xml?rev=1.37&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/desktop/kde/index.xml?r1=1.36&r2=1.37 |
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Index: index.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/desktop/kde/index.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.36 |
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retrieving revision 1.37 |
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diff -u -r1.36 -r1.37 |
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--- index.xml 21 Aug 2008 08:20:37 -0000 1.36 |
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+++ index.xml 29 Aug 2008 18:22:03 -0000 1.37 |
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@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ |
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<longdescription> |
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<p> |
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-The KDE project consists of two herds that manage the KDE and Qt ebuilds |
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+The KDE project consists of two teams that manage the KDE and Qt ebuilds |
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within Gentoo, which include all KDE applications. However, some KDE |
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applications might belong to function specific herds due to the fact that the |
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KDE project cannot maintain all of them properly, as there are too many |
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@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ |
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<note> |
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x86-fbsd currently has no stable packages and will therefore remain marked |
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-testing/unstable. As of 2008.0 mips will only support ~arch so mips will not have |
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+testing/unstable. As of 2008.0 mips will only support ~arch so mips will not have |
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any stable KDE packages. |
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</note> |
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@@ -109,36 +109,71 @@ |
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<extrachapter position="goals"> |
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<title>KDE 4</title> |
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<section> |
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+<title>Official Gentoo KDE overlay</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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If you are a bold and daring Gentoo user, you might want to try the versions |
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-of KDE 4 which are now in the main Portage tree and are masked. Note that KDE 4.0.x versions will |
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-not be removed from <c>package.mask</c>. |
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+of KDE 4 which are now in the main Portage tree and are masked. Note that KDE |
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+4.0.x versions will not be removed from <c>package.mask</c>. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-The KDE herd maintains a KDE overlay for experimental releases and ebuilds, |
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-mostly for KDE 4. You'll get all information about the overlay at the |
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-official website which is located at <uri>http://genkdesvn.mailstation.de</uri>. |
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-You can get support for these overlays in <uri |
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+The KDE team maintains an official KDE overlay for experimental releases and |
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+ebuilds, mostly for KDE 4, which is called <e>kde-testing</e> in layman. Please |
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+see the <uri link="http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/overlays/userguide.xml">Gentoo |
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+Overlays Users's Guide</uri> to get all information about how to use it. You |
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+can get support for this overlay in <uri |
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+link="irc://irc.freenode.net/gentoo-kde">#gentoo-kde</uri> and you can help us |
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+testing it before we move it to the tree. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+Currently, KDE 4.0 is in the main portage tree. KDE 4.1 (probably 4.1.1) will |
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+go into the tree soon. Starting with KDE 4.1 we only support split ebuilds. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+</body> |
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+</section> |
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+<section> |
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+<title>genkdesvn overlay</title> |
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+<body> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+For those beyond bold and daring but rather suicidal, live SVN ebuilds are |
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+provided in the genkdesvn overlay, called <e>kde</e> in layman, which you'll |
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+recognise by the version scm. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+You can get all information about the overlay at the official website which |
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+is located at <uri>http://genkdesvn.mailstation.de</uri>. You can get support |
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+for this overlay in <uri |
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link="irc://irc.freenode.net/genkdesvn">#genkdesvn</uri>. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-Currently, KDE 4 is in the main portage tree. Starting with KDE 4 we only support split ebuilds. |
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-For those beyond bold and daring but rather suicidal, live SVN ebuilds are provided in the |
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-KDE overlay which you'll recognise by the version scm.<br/> |
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-These -scm ebuilds use a new EAPI, wittingly called kdebuild-1, which is currently exclusively |
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-supported by the package manager <uri link="http://paludis.pioto.org">Paludis</uri>.<br/> |
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-If you're interested in the new features you can find <uri link="http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/kde/kdebuild-1.xml">our official kdebuild-1 page here.</uri> |
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+These -scm ebuilds use a new EAPI, wittingly called kdebuild-1, which is |
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+currently exclusively supported by the package manager <uri |
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+link="http://paludis.pioto.org">Paludis</uri>. If you're interested in these |
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+new features you can find <uri |
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+link="http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/kde/kdebuild-1.xml">the official |
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+kdebuild-1 page here.</uri> |
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</p> |
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<note> |
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-Neither Portage nor pkgcore currently support the kdebuild-1 EAPI. Please inform their respective authors if you'd like |
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-them to implement support for it. The Gentoo KDE team will gladly provide any help we can. |
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+Neither Portage nor pkgcore currently support the kdebuild-1 EAPI. The |
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+respective developers are aware of this and may or may not be implementing |
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+support for it at the moment. Please don't bother them about this. |
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</note> |
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+<impo> |
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+Although the genkdesvn overlay is called <e>kde</e> in layman, it's in no way |
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+supported by the Gentoo KDE team. The overlay still uses this name because it |
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+was using it in the past when the Gentoo KDE team still supported it, but today |
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+the circumstances changed. |
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+</impo> |
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+ |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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</extrachapter> |
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@@ -149,13 +184,13 @@ |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-The KDE herd holds regular meetings in <uri |
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+The KDE team used to hold regular meetings in <uri |
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link="irc://irc.freenode.net/gentoo-kde">#gentoo-kde</uri> on the first |
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-Thursday of every month at 18:30 UTC. Each meeting's agenda will be announced |
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-in the topic of <uri |
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-link="irc://irc.freenode.net/gentoo-kde">#gentoo-kde</uri>.<br/> |
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-Summaries of each meeting will be available here, along with raw logs for public |
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-viewing. |
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+Thursday of every month at 18:30 UTC. However, as the team is currently |
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+under-staffed, regular meetings are not hold anymore. Whenever there is a |
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+meeting, it will be announced together with the agenda in the topic of <uri |
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+link="irc://irc.freenode.net/gentoo-kde">#gentoo-kde</uri>. Summaries of each |
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+meeting will be available here, along with raw logs for public viewing. |
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</p> |
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<table> |
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<ul> |
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<li> |
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Join <uri link="irc://irc.freenode.net/gentoo-kde">#gentoo-kde</uri> on the |
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- Freenode IRC network. You'll find some of the herd members there most of |
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+ Freenode IRC network. You'll find some of the team members there most of |
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the time. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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@@ -219,14 +254,14 @@ |
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on Gentoo: |
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<ul> |
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<li> |
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- <uri link="kde-split-ebuilds.xml">The KDE Split Ebuilds HOWTO</uri> |
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+ <uri link="kde-split-ebuilds.xml">The KDE Split Ebuilds HOWTO</uri> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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- <uri link="kde-config.xml">The KDE Configuration HOWTO</uri> |
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+ <uri link="kde-config.xml">The KDE Configuration HOWTO</uri> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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- <uri link="kde-expat-upgrading.xml">Upgrading to KDE 3.5.7/8: Frequently |
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- Asked Questions</uri> |
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+ <uri link="kde-expat-upgrading.xml">Upgrading to KDE 3.5.7/8: Frequently |
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+ Asked Questions</uri> |
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</li> |
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<li><uri link="kde4.xml">KDE 4.0 Guide</uri></li> |
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</ul> |
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