On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:51:29 Larry Stotler wrote:
[...] The issue is that I would need to use the build service to get 4.2.x, but I've recently seen that we are being told that the build service isn't supported, so if something breaks, I'm SOL. But, you're telling me that the current 4.2.x is fixed, so I guess I need the build service to get that. So, is the build service considered part of the system or not? [...]
Can we please get one thing straight? You *don't* need to use the build service to get KDE 4.2.2 on 11.0, 11.1 or even 10.3. If you enable the correct repositories in Yast and you can install it from there (and I suspect have many fewer problems with packaging, updates etc). I've been using KDE 4 since 4.0.4 (OK, call me an early adopter; it wasn't really useful until 4.1.3) and 4.2.2 is stable, usable and does everything that *I* used to do with KDE 3.5 (which I actually don't miss at all now), and that includes running Quanta (the KDE 3.5.9 version - I never upgraded to 3.5.10). BTW I use ftp for uploading, not fish (ftp is required by the web hosting service). For info, I currently get my KDE 4.2.2. from KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop (http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSU...) and I've not had a problem with it since upgrading from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2. I also have KDE4-ExtraApps-Factory enabled (http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Extra- Apps/openSUSE_11.0). My machine is not particularly high-spec either (by current standards): Athlon XP 2600 (1.8GHz real speed), 1GB RAM, NVidia GeForce FX5500 running 173.14.12 drivers, ASUS NForce2 motherboard running 11.0. I also run it on 2 laptops - 1 is a Celeron M 1.3GHz with 1.2GB RAM and Intel 855 on-board graphics (still running 10.3), the other a Core-2 Duo 2.4GHz with 2GB Ram and Intel 945 on-board graphics (also running 11.0) - it flies on that one :-). Regards, Rodney. -- =================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker@iinet.net.au ===================================================