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From: Michael Palimaka <kensington@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: has anyone tried KDE5?
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 09:57:45
Message-Id: m0tp1p$tpf$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: has anyone tried KDE5? by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 On 10/06/2014 05:34 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
2 > Am 04.10.2014 um 19:37 schrieb Michael Palimaka:
3 >> On 10/04/2014 11:26 PM, behrouz khosravi wrote:
4 >>> Hello everyone.
5 >>> I was wondering if anyone has tried KDE5?
6 >>> Do you know when it's going to be placed in the main tree?
7 >>>
8 >>> thanks
9 >> Hi,
10 >>
11 >> The KDE release structure has evolved[1], decoupling the release cycle
12 >> of the Platform, Workspace, and Applications. This means that there is
13 >> no longer a single Software Compilation in the same way there was with
14 >> KDE 4.
15 >>
16 >> We (Gentoo KDE team) have not yet made a decision as to when the Plasma
17 >> 5 Workspace will be pushed to the main tree. I've been using it on a
18 >> daily basis for about six months, and consider the next release (5.1.0)
19 >> to be a good candidate for the main tree.
20 >>
21 >> The underlying Platform (KDE Frameworks 5) upon which Plasma 5 is built
22 >> is expected in the main tree in about a week, after the 5.3.0 release.
23 >>
24 >> Best regards,
25 >> Michael
26 >>
27 >> [1]: https://dot.kde.org/2013/09/04/kde-release-structure-evolves
28 >>
29 >>
30 >>
31 >
32 > ok, at the moment you can't even install this mess:
33 >
34 > merge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy
35 > ">=dev-qt/qtwebkit-5.3.2:5[debug=,widgets]".
36 > !!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request:
37 > - dev-qt/qtwebkit-5.3.2-r1::gentoo (Missing IUSE: widgets)
38 > (dependency required by "dev-qt/qtquick1-5.3.2" [ebuild])
39 > (dependency required by "kde-frameworks/plasma-5.2.0::kde" [ebuild])
40 > (dependency required by "@kde-frameworks-5.2" [argument])
41 >
42 > yepp, three ebuilds depending on qtwebkit with the widgets useflag -
43 > that it doesn't even have. Oh joy. And that after 2h+ dealing with other
44 > useflag related shenanigans.
45 >
46 > btw from the changelog:
47 >
48 > 25 Sep 2014; Michael Palimaka <kensington@g.o> metadata.xml:
49 > Remove unused USE flag.
50 >
51 > that unused useflag wasn't 'widgets' by chance? ^^
52 >
53 >
54 >
55 Thanks for testing. It appears I missed a couple of consumers (I did
56 check!) and it's fixed now.
57
58 What other USE flag issues did you encounter?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: has anyone tried KDE5? Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: has anyone tried KDE5? Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>