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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE Plasma 5 moved to stable
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:19:08
Message-Id: 5710EA3D.90204@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE Plasma 5 moved to stable by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On 15/04/2016 15:09, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
2 > On 15/04/16 16:06, Alan McKinnon wrote:
3 >> On 15/04/2016 15:00, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
4 >>> On 15/04/16 01:10, Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
5 >>>> We even had the choice of installing both KDE3 and 4 at the same time.
6 >>>> That
7 >>>> made transition far easier and it allowed me to get settled in due
8 >>>> time. So
9 >>>> I'm not particularly worried about the next few months, especially
10 >>>> with the
11 >>>> modularity and interchangeability of today's KDE components.
12 >>>
13 >>> You cannot install KDE5 without uninstalling KDE4.
14 >>>
15 >>> I was told this is an upstream decision, not Gentoo's fault.
16 >>>
17 >>
18 >> Partially true.
19 >>
20 >> It's plasma 4 and 5 that cannot co-exist, not KDE
21 >
22 > Yeah, KDE. ;-)
23 >
24 > I mean common, when people say KDE, they mean the desktop, not kcalc or
25 > koffice or kmail.
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29 hmmmm, not convinced, "you know what I mean" doesn't cut it. This list
30 is largely populated with high-clue people who understand the meaning of
31 words and know that plasma != KDE
32
33 Around here, KDE usually means kde-apps and plasma means plasma.
34 We also know that firefox is not gekco and all sorts of other "you know
35 what I actually mean" opportunities to trip up
36
37 --
38 Alan McKinnon
39 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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