Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2114 mails)

[Tero Pesonen <tero.pesonen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi!

Relating to the topic of recent openSUSE KMail packages and stability 
issues, now discussed on the list.

I've been wondering which of these openSUSE KDE packages are actually 
stable. There's this stable(?) "KDE3" repository alongside the Community, 
Backport, KDE4 etc. 

But the packages there are being updated almost weekly. I have no idea if 
I should or should not update to the latest packages, which seem to be 
something in between 3.5.7 and 3.5.8

How can one tell when these packages are "stable?" Or are they ever. It 
seems, according to the changelogs of the RPM's, that they are constantly 
changing. The new packages seem to fix something that went broken in the 
last version, while adding something new which, one can only wonder, 
could prove to be the next thing broken and so forth.

Mine are "release 43.1" and I've been happy with them, (unlike the version 
before them), and have not dared to upgrade anything KDE related after I 
upgraded to these, as I'm not sure if the newer packages would be as 
stable as these are. On the other hand, I have no idea what I would gain 
from the newer packages either.

The question therefore is: When 3.5.8 will be released, how can I tell 
which will be the best 3.5.8 release to upgrade to? Are the first 
packages that will become available the closest to the "vanilla" 3.5.8 
provided by kde dot org, and if so, should I grab them... or will they 
contain SUSE-specific features that may or may not cause issues that 
would get addressed in future 3.5.8 releases under KDE3/ repository? 

Another question: Are the changes between these releases explained 
somewhere? 

Thanks and regards,
Tero Pesonen








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