Hi,
KDE 3.3 final has been released and there are already SuSE 9.1 RPMs
available on the German SuSE servers:
FTP Host: ftp.gwdg.de
Dir: /pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/supplementary/KDE/update_for_9.1/
Add "yast-source" to the end to configure a new YaST installation source
that will make the 3.3 updates installable through the YaST Install &
Remove module.
Now, the real question...
What are people's strategies for dealing with such sizeable and important
updates? SuSE themselves, while kindly and helpfully providing this
update, has this to say ():
-==-
#
# KDE 3.3 packages for SuSE distributions
#
Disclaimer:
These packages have NOT been tested at all and SuSE do NOT recommend to
upgrade to these. However we build these packages for convenience, but
it is your risc to use them ;)
You should not update, if you want to have a stable system and expect
to get security updates for your installation.
To install these packages via command line you need to
* rpm -Fvh *.rpm
An alternative way would be to use the yast_source from ftp.suse.com
KDE update packages and using the YaST System Update.
-==-
Now, I did this same thing with KDE 3.2.3 and am happy I did. Yet it
always fills me with trepidation when I press that "Accept" button...
Will it be all the great new stuff and few or no problems, or am I about
to experience a world of hurt?
Any thoughts, observations, ideas, etc. are welcome.
Randall Schulz
