Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Konsole

[Philip Webb]

160711 Michael Palimaka wrote:
> On 10/07/16 05:44, Philip Webb wrote:
>> What has happened to Konsole:4/4.14 ?
>>   root:508 ~> eix konsole
>>   [U?] kde-apps/konsole
>>     Available versions:  (5) 15.12.3 ~16.04.2 {X debug +handbook test}
>>     Installed versions:  4.14.3(4/4.14)^t([2015-10-07 13:08:42])(handbook -aqua -debug -minimal -test)
>>     Description: KDE's terminal emulator
>> Are we going to be forced to install the whole of KDE 5
>> if we want to go on using some very useful KDE apps ?
> We recently dropped most of 4.14 as it is old, unsupported
> and assists in easing our general maintenance burden.
> As usual, it has been copied to the kde-sunset overlay
> for those who aren't yet ready to say goodbye.

Thanks for the belated information : this deserved a news item.

I will have to decide whether to install the  87  new pkgs required
or find alternatives to Konsole, Gwenview + Okular.
Does anyone know if the number cb reduced by using '--nodeps' ?
-- that works with KDE 4 Phonon, which demands eg USE='gstreamer',
but still compiles properly if emerged with '--nodeps' :
apparently, that's what the KDE team expect distros to allow
(I sent in a KDE bug some years ago & their response was
"No problem here.  If your distro forces you to install sound,
that's their mistake : you can compile everything without it").

The proliferation of pkgs in KDE, Gnome, Perl + other areas
is going to become a problem for Gentoo,
as they will tend to demand more dev attention
& will also add to users' burden in keeping track of what they use + need.

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