Feature changed by: Jimmy Berry (boombatower) Feature #310080, revision 4 Title: KDE 4.6 for opensuse 11.4 openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: jimbo bigcreed (dimble_thricefoon) Description: I realise we are using a time based release, and no longer chase feature releases, but 11.3 will ship with KDE 4.4 when 4.5 will ship three weeks later. I realise you don't just drop in an entirely new DE version a week before opensuse hits RC, but it would be a crying shame for two releases in a row, eight months apart, both to use an 'old' major release of KDE. For this reason I would be very keen to look at the KDE 4.6 release schedule (should be end of january), and see if we cannot plan to include it in opensuse 11.4 (which in theory is due end of february at the earliest). Were it possible to get 4.6.1 for point release stability that would be even better. Kind regards Discussion: #1: Stephen Shaw (decriptor) (2010-07-06 19:33:41) There will without a doubt be repos for 4.5 and 4.6 when its ready for 11.3. Just not in the update channel + #2: Jimmy Berry (boombatower) (2010-07-07 00:16:30) + Which is all well and good, but that only works for savvy users...seems + like it would be better as a whole to ship with it, but if suse is + stuck in time cycles I guess that the repositories is all we can hope + for. + Another thought then...where it gives the instructions for upgrading in + the wiki and the one-click install...perhaps add all three Factory KDE + repositories...I believe they are the community, factory desktop, and + playground (or at least the first two) and explain that using zypper + dup (or related feature through gui) would be a good idea. + I have found that upgrading purely by the one-click produces odd bugs + and they change over time as other packages are updated, but if I use + dup to switch over ALL kde packages not just the ones listed in ymp + thing are much more stable. + So if suse is going to stick to ignoring the KDE release schedule + (which is fine) then perhaps we can make the manual upgrade better... + maybe even suggest it through the upgrade channel or something. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310080