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From: Johannes Huber <johu@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] News item: KDE Workspaces 4.11 and KDE profile removal
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 13:48:09
Message-Id: 2555695.DzXAjt6VaY@rioja
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] News item: KDE Workspaces 4.11 and KDE profile removal by Andreas Sturmlechner
1 Am Samstag, 14. Januar 2017, 14:37:29 CET schrieb Andreas Sturmlechner:
2 > I've updated the news item based on feedback on my initial mail,
3 > thanks to jstein.
4 >
5 > mva, anything missing in the list of profiles here? I've grepped
6 > profiles.desc for kde to get the current list.
7 >
8 > Title: KDE Workspaces 4.11 and KDE profile removal
9 > Author: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@g.o>
10 > Content-Type: text/plain
11 > Posted: 2017-01-08
12 > Revision: 1
13 > News-Item-Format: 1.0
14 > Display-If-Installed: kde-plasma/kdebase-startkde
15 > Display-If-Installed: kde-plasma/kdm
16 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/alpha/13.0/desktop/kde
17 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/alpha/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd
18 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/kde
19 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd
20 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/desktop/kde
21 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd
22 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/armv4/desktop/kde
23 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/armv4t/desktop/kde
24 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/armv5te/desktop/kde
25 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/armv6j/desktop/kde
26 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/armv7a/desktop/kde
27 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/13.0/desktop/kde
28 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd
29 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/m68k/13.0/desktop/kde
30 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/powerpc/ppc32/13.0/desktop/kde
31 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/powerpc/ppc32/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd
32 > Display-If-Profile:
33 > default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/32bit-userland/desktop/kde
34 > Display-If-Profile:
35 > default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/32bit-userland/desktop/kde/systemd
36 > Display-If-Profile:
37 > default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/64bit-userland/desktop/kde
38 > Display-If-Profile:
39 > default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/64bit-userland/desktop/kde/systemd
40 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/sh/13.0/desktop/kde
41 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/sparc/13.0/desktop/kde
42 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/sparc/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd
43 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/13.0/desktop/kde
44 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd
45 >
46 > KDE Workspaces 4.11 has reached end of life in Portage. Upstream dropped
47 > support in 2015-08-19, no security bugs have been fixed since then. It is
48 > therefore required for all users to upgrade to KDE Plasma 5.
49 >
50 > KDM is being removed as well. Upstream recommends x11-misc/sddm instead
51 > which is pulled in by plasma-meta by default.
52 > OpenRC users edit /etc/conf.d/xdm and update DISPLAYMANAGER.
53 > Systemd users run: systemctl reenable sddm.service
54 >
55 > Part of the cleanup will also be the KDE desktop profile, which is
56 > superseded by the Plasma desktop profile. Please follow the detailed
57 > upgrade guide.[1]
58 >
59 > KDE Workspaces 4.11 packages will be moved to kde-sunset overlay.[2]
60 >
61 > [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/KDE/Plasma_5_upgrade
62 > [2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Overlay:Kde-sunset
63
64 Hi Andreas,
65
66 thanks that you take care of the needed news item. I would suggest to replace
67 KDE Workspace 4.11 with KDE Plasma 4 in subject and body because that name is
68 used in the main Gentoo KDE wiki article since some time. [1]
69
70 Greetings,
71 Johannes
72
73 [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/KDE

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