On 07/01/10 11:47, Martin Schlander wrote:
Onsdag den 6. januar 2010 17:32:06 skrev Lubos Lunak:
On Tuesday 05 of January 2010, Martin Schlander wrote:
Tirsdag den 5. januar 2010 17:07:09 skrev Tony:
just wondering what is the difference between the following kde4 repo's ?
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/STABLE:/Desktop/op en SU SE_11.1/
vs
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/43/openSUSE_11.1/
The latter is pretty pointless after it has been decided to ship 4.3.4 as an official update to 11.2 - and therefore putting it in STABLE.
So just use the first one. The KDE:/43/ repo should be killed in the near future.
So, how about ... now? Objections?
Hm.. the release team is talking about doing a 4.3.5 release. Maybe we'll need the 43 repo for that, unless 4.3.5 would be put in STABLE.
Personally I wouldn't mind killing 43 repo now - even if it means skipping 4.3.5 altogether.
Only.. either Lubos or Will should promise to blog about it.. announcing major repo changes on the list only doesn't reach enough people :-)
And so, "motor-mouth", Basil will- "..... be here whining several times every day, using packages of beta code under very heavy development and constantly changing and having regressions. He wants something that works, and doesn't require any work or special considerations, the answer is simple, stick to the distro packages + backports and community repo. He'll get stable, non-changing KDE 4.3.x (apart from the upcoming 4.3.4 update) and all the latest apps, and he'll never have to change repos again in 11.2 lifetime. Maybe, MAYBE, you can recommend Factory to casual, hyper-sensitive, demanding users like Basil when 11.3 reaches beta stage, or thereabouts, but *only* if you're 100% sure they understand that Factory will "suddenly" get extremely bumpy again the minute factory moves towards 12.0 - which they prolly won't." eh? I already quoted in full in an earlier post what Will stated, and what Dirk wrote in response to my question. When Will posted his message I altered my repo from FACTORY to STABLE. But it appears that you yourself have not a damn clue of what is actually going on :-) . And why all this emphasis by Tejas about "Factory" (and your lack of contradiction of his statements)? Everybody knows what Factory is all about but not everyone wants to go fooling around with the bleeding edge of KDE development but do want to have the latest WORKABLE, also known as STABLE for all those who understand English - especially if those who sound like they actually know what they are talking about advise readers of this forum at the start of last December that the usable upgrade to the original 11.2 release, KDE4.1.3, is/will be available in STABLE repo. And just to continue along these lines...... One of the real problems with KDE development - and I guess openSUSE overall (seeing as I do NOT use any other distro) is that the APPLICATIONS which you so happily state as being available in repos like COMMUNITY, for example, don't keep up with the development of KDE itself. As simple examples, K3b and K9Copy are not always in step with KDE development itself. Or *are* they? KDE3 disappeared in 11.2 and so (finally) did KDE3* versions of K3b and K9Copy, and are now replaced with K4x versions. The question - and I ask this in all sincerity - is: who does modify these applications to run with the latest 'version' of KDE? The KDE development team - in which case why does one need to have a separate COMMUNITY repo to keep them up-to-date - or is the "keeping-up" done by a totally independent set of people - in which case, what communications/synchronisation protocols are in place between the 2 disparate groups? BC -- Take the bull by the tail and look the facts in the face. W C Fields -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org