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From: Philip Webb <purslow@×××××××××.ca>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: When will KDE 3.5 be marked as stable?
Date: Sat, 06 May 2006 12:52:40
Message-Id: 20060506124844.GC6217@sympatico.ca
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: When will KDE 3.5 be marked as stable? by "Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò"
1 060506 Diego 'Flameeyes' Petten? wrote:
2 > On Saturday 06 May 2006 08:48, Philip Webb wrote:
3 >> I've seen this stated before, but why does it have to be "_at once_" ?
4 > Because 3.4 and 3.5 does _NOT_ mix together!
5
6 That's not an explanation: it merely restates your assertion.
7
8 >> Many packages have > 1 stable version available,
9 >> so users might have KDE 3.4.3 (all) & 3.5.1 (parts) by now,
10 >> with the rest of 3.5.1 & then some of 3.5.2 to follow soon.
11 > KDE 3.5.1 is no more in portage,
12 > a part those packages which haven't changed with 3.5.2
13 > and akregator that seems to have problems with 3.5.2 version at least here.
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15 Sorry, your sentence doesn't make sense as English.
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17 >> Any stable version of KDE will need kdelibs kdebase ,
18 >> but otherwise why can't the packages be made stable
19 >> at least as each big downloadable file becomes ready, if not individually ?
20 > Because they have to be stable at once. Period.
21 > Can't go stable piece by piece. Period.
22 > Can't. Period.
23
24 Again, you're simply repeating yourself without any attempt to explain.
25
26 Can anyone else offer an explanation for the claim
27 that all KDE packages (for one version) have to be stabilised together ?
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