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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Update blocked by kdebase-startkde:4
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 19:10:12
Message-Id: d6a2db27-b061-3a26-e29f-9b5509dce8da@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Update blocked by kdebase-startkde:4 by Robin Atwood
1 On 17/09/2016 17:16, Robin Atwood wrote:
2 > On Saturday 17 September 2016, Alan McKinnon wrote:
3 >
4 >> What a peculiar odd thing to say. You might want to revisit your word
5 >
6 >> choice there.
7 >
8 >
9 >
10 > Perhaps you're right. Unfortunately I don't have the time currently to
11 > fight with ebuilds so I will declare my system, in IBM's immortal
12 > expression, "functionally stabilised"! It does everything I need it to
13 > so updates are not really necessary. I looked into the KDE5 upgrade
14 > recently and what I read did not inspire me with confidence.
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17 KDE5 works well enough, I've been using it here for months. There are
18 recurring reports of icons going missing and other uber-annoying
19 cosmetic issues, but I find the software quite functional.
20
21 One thing KDE5 isn't though, is KDE4++ :-)
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23 If KDE4 is really what you want, then you best stick with it.
24
25 --
26 Alan McKinnon
27 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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Re: [gentoo-user] Update blocked by kdebase-startkde:4 Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com>