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Hi, |
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KDE team intends to remove unsupported KDE Workspaces 4.11 from tree, so |
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please review the news item below. |
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Best regards, |
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Andreas |
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Title: KDE Workspaces 4.11 and KDE profile removal |
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Author: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@g.o> |
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Content-Type: text/plain |
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Posted: 2017-01-08 |
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Revision: 1 |
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News-Item-Format: 1.0 |
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Display-If-Installed: kde-plasma/kdebase-startkde |
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Display-If-Installed: kde-plasma/kdm |
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Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/kde |
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Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd |
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Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/desktop/kde |
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Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd |
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Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/13.0/desktop/kde |
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Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd |
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KDE Workspaces 4.11 has reached end of life in Portage. It was unsupported by |
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upstream since 19th August 2015, meaning no security bugs have been fixed since |
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then. It is therefore required for all users to upgrade to KDE Plasma 5. |
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If you normally use KDM to launch a session, this is being removed as well. |
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Upstream recommends x11-misc/sddm instead which is pulled in by plasma-meta by |
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default. OpenRC users should edit /etc/conf.d/xdm and update DISPLAYMANAGER. |
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Systemd users should run: systemctl reenable sddm.service |
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Part of the cleanup will also be the KDE desktop subprofile, which is |
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superseded by the Plasma desktop profile. A detailed upgrade guide is |
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available[1] and recommended for its conflict removal advice. |
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KDE Workspaces 4.11 packages will be moved to kde-sunset overlay.[2] |
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[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/KDE/Plasma_5_upgrade |
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[2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Overlay:Kde-sunset |