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Apparently, though unproven, at 22:18 on Saturday 21 August 2010, Dale did |
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opine thusly: |
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> > Here's excellent advice: |
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> > Do not install KDE-4.5 yet |
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> > wait for 4.5.1 |
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> > First, it's in an overlay, so when 4.5 hits the tree you will unmerge the |
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> > whole lot again and redo it. How many spare cycles you got? |
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> > If you have 4.4.5 installed from portage you will likely hit clashes with |
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> > the overlay. There's were never pleasant in the 4.[23] era, I don't see |
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> > that changing. |
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> > 4.5.0 has some pretty severe regressions, bad enough for QA to not put it |
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> > in the tree |
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> > 4.5.0 does not have the kdepim suite - this might not apply to you. I can |
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> > just imagine the akonadi updates when 4.5.1 hits the tree.... |
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> > You gotta ask yourself "Is there a COMPELLING need for 4.5.0 other than |
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> > it's brand new and shiny?" |
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> I did some googlin last night and ran across some blog. I think it was |
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> on KDE's website but anyway. The blog said about the same thing you |
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> said. It appears to be a . . . . mess. ;-) |
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> Any idea when 4.5.1 will be in the tree even if masked/keyworded? |
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You can expect 4.5.1 to be released by KDE about a month after 4.5.0. |
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If it goes into the tree that will take about 3 days or so. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |