On Tuesday, 31 January 2017 16:12:01 GMT John Janus wrote:
Since I had no major issue with KDE Applications (including kmail/akonadi) in the last years, excepting the rather annoying time when kmail wouldn't parse ical attachments correctly, I'd suggest a repository containing the applications in a version deemed stable... For me the reason I chose to use Tumbleweed was to get the latest Plasma/KF/Applications without the hassle of constantly checking how the OBS repositories containing that are named this month.
I don't want to say “works for me and I don't care about others", I just think a rolling distribution should not stop rolling some packages due to a perceived “bug overflow”. Downgrading a package contains the risk of breaking user data due to configurations or data being changed/adapted by new releases. I don't know, whether this would be the case here.
Sincerely John
I have some sympathy for Alexander, I really do. As a long-time kmail user myself I know how frustrating it can be - I've had my share of catastrophic mail failures/losses through no fault of my own (almost exclusively after the introduction of akonadi). On the other hand, I also have to agree with John here. I don't think that holding back the KDE packages is the answer. Like John, I switched to Tumbleweed strictly because it was rolling release, and because I wanted to follow the upstream KDE as closely as possible. Just my "two cents", as it were. Kind regards, Huw